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Pelops and Hippodamia from the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia.. Hippodamia (/ ˌ h ɪ p oʊ d ə ˈ m aɪ. ə /, [1] / h ɪ ˌ p ɒ d ə-/; [2] also Hippodamea and Hippodameia; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια "she who masters horses" derived from ἵππος hippos "horse" and δαμάζειν damazein "to tame") was a Greek mythological figure.
Hippodamia, daughter of Anicetus who consorted with Zeus. [4] Hippodamia, name shared by two of the Danaïdes, daughters of King Danaus of Libya either by the hamadryads, Atlanteia or Phoebe. One of them married and killed her husband Istrus and the other Diocorystes. [5] These princes were sons of King Aegyptus of Egypt and an Arabian woman.
In Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, Chapter 7 recounts the whole story of Hippodamia and her family's unfortunate fate: [2] "Autonous, son of Melaneus and Hippodamia, had as sons Erodius, Anthus, Schoeneus and Acanthus, with a daughter Acanthis to whom the gods granted great beauty. Autonous acquired many herds of horses which were pastured ...
At their wedding, Hippodamia, the other female guests, and the young boys were almost abducted by the Centaurs. Pirithous and his friend Theseus led the Lapiths to victory over the Centaurs in a battle known as the Centauromachy. [3] [10] [11] [12] She gave birth to Pirithous's son Polypoetes, [13] but died shortly afterwards. [14]
] His children besides Hippodamia were Leucippus (who perished because of his love for Daphne) and Alcippe (mother of Marpessa by Evenus). Pausanias , who is generally skeptical about stories of humans descending from gods, makes Oenomaus son of a mortal father, Alxion. [ 8 ]
Laodamia (or Hippodamia), [1] a Lycian princess as the daughter of Bellerophon and Philonoe, daughter of King Iobates. Her mother was also known Alkimedousa, [2] Anticleia, [3] Pasandra or Cassandra. [4] Laodamia's brothers were Hippolochus and Isander, and by Zeus, she became the mother of Sarpedon.
Hippodamia or Hippodameia may refer to: Hippodamia (mythology), various figures in Greek mythology, including: Hippodamia (daughter of Oenomaus), and wife of Pelops;
Pittheus was a son of Pelops and Dia [2] [3] (maybe another name for Hippodamia), father of Aethra [4] [5] and Henioche, [6] and grandfather and instructor of Theseus.. He was described by Euripides as the most pious son of Pelops, a wise man, and well versed on understanding the oracle thus sought by Aegeus. [7]