Hippe Explained

In Greek mythology, Hippe (; Ancient Greek: Ἵππη; English translation: "mare (horse)"), also known as Melanippe^[1] (; Μελανίππη) or Euippe (; Εὐίππη), was the daughter of the Centaur Chiron and Chariclo.^[2] She was seduced by Aeolus and bore a daughter, Melanippe or Arne, but was ashamed to tell her father. Artemis took pity on her and, according to one account, turned her into the constellation Pegasus originally called the Horse.^[3]

References

• Hard, Robin (2015), Eratosthenes and Hyginus: Constellation Myths, With Aratus's Phaenomena, Oxford University Press, 2015. .

Notes and References

1. Pseudo-Eratosthenes, Catasterisms 18; Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.18; Smith, "Melanippe" 1.
2. Kuhn, on Julius Pollux, 4.141
3. Hard 2015, pp.49 - 52.