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Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)

For other uses, see Hippodamia (mythology).
Benna Smuglewicz Rape of Hippodamia

Hippodamia (/ˌhɪpɒdəˈmaɪ.ə/;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια means 'she who masters horses' derived from ἵππος hippos "horse" and δαμάζειν damazein "to tame") was the daughter of Atrax[2] or Butes[3] or Adrastus[4] and the bride of King Pirithous of the Lapiths in Greek mythology.

She was also known as Deidamia (/ˌdaɪdəˈmaɪ.ə/; Ancient Greek: Δηιδάμεια),[5] Laodamia /ˌleɪ.ədəˈmaɪ.ə/,[6] Hippoboteia /ˌhɪpəbəˈtaɪ.ə/,[7] Dia /ˈdaɪ.ə/[8] or Ischomache /ɪˈskɒməkiː/[9]).

  1. ^ Walker, John (1830). A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: To which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Proper Names: with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity. J.F. Dove. pp. 9, 13, 66. Rule%2030.
  2. ^ Ovid, Heroides, 17. 248
  3. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 70. 3
  4. ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 33
  5. ^ Plutarch, Parallel lives: Theseus, 30. 3
  6. ^ In a vase painting: Archäologische Zeitung 29. 159
  7. ^ Scholia on Iliad, 1. 263
  8. ^ Scholia on Shield of Heracles, 187
  9. ^ Propertius, Elegies, 2. 2. 9

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