Hipponous

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title: "Hipponous" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["achaeans-(homer)", "trojans", "children-of-priam", "princes-in-greek-mythology", "mythological-aetolians", "suicides-in-greek-mythology"] description: "Several figures in Greek mythology" topic_path: "philosophy" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipponous" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Several figures in Greek mythology ::

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

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

Notes

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.

References

1. [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus). Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#70 70]
2. [[Scholia]] on [[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenician Women]]'' 133
3. Apollodorus, 3.12.5
4. [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 3.155
5. [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 11.303
6. [[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#21 21]
7. Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#242 242]; the context is obscure and perhaps corrupt.
8. [[John Tzetzes. Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' [https://topostext.org/work/617#7.810 7.810  (TE2.149)]'';'' [[Scholia]] on [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' 13.66

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