Hyperochus Explained

In Greek mythology, the name Hyperochus (Ancient Greek: Ὑπέροχος) may refer to:

• Hyperochus, a son of Priam.^[1]
• Hyperochus, possibly the father of Oenomaus by Sterope.^[2]
• Hyperochus, a descendant of Magnes, son of Haemon, father of Tenthredon^[3] and thus grandfather of Prothous.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}
• Hyperochus, a Hyperborean whose ghost, alongside those of Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus) and a fellow Hyperborean Amadocus (or Laodocus), and possibly that of Phylacus, were believed to have terrorized the Gaul invaders during the historical battle at Delphi.^[8]

Hypeirochus (Ὑπείροχος) is a variant of the same name which refers to:

• Hypeirochus, a defender of Troy killed by Odysseus;^[9] may or may not be the same as the son of Priam.
• Hypeirochus, father of Itymoneus; the latter was killed by Nestor in the war between the Pylians and the Eleans.^[10]

References

• 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.
• 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.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
• Tzetzes, John, Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens, edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. Internet Archive.

Notes and References

1. [Apollodorus of Athens|Apollodorus]
2. [Tzetzes]
3. [Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]
4. Apollodorus, E.3.14
5. Homer, Iliad 2.756
6. Hyginus, Fabulae 97
7. Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 634
8. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
9. Homer, Iliad 11.335
10. Homer, Iliad 11.672