Hipponous Explained

In Greek mythology, Hipponous (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόνοος) referred to several people:

• Hipponous, the Olenian father of Capaneus and Periboea by Astynome.^{[1] [2]} He was son of Iocles, grandson of Astacus and great-grandson of Hermes and Astabe, a daughter of Peneus.^[3]
• Hipponous, one of the fifty sons of Priam,^[4] the last Trojan whom Achilles killed before his death.^[5]
• Hipponous, an Achaean warrior killed by Hector.^[6]
• Hipponous, son of Triballus. He was the father of Polyphonte by Thrassa, the daughter of Ares and Tereine.^[7]
• Hipponous, who together with his father, son of Adrastus, were said to have thrown themselves into fire in obedience to an oracle of Apollo.^[8]
• Hipponous, the birth name of Bellerophon.^[9]

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
2. [Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]
3. [Scholia]
4. Apollodorus, 3.12.5
5. [Quintus Smyrnaeus]
6. [Homer]
7. [Antoninus Liberalis]
8. Hyginus, Fabulae 242; the context is obscure and perhaps corrupt.
9. [John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]