Hippodamas (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Hippodamas ( /hɪˈpɒdəməs/ hi-POD-ə-məs; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμας, gen. Ἱπποδάμαντος) may refer to the following characters:

Notes

  1. ↑ Walker, John (1830). A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: To which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Proper Names: with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity. J.F. Dove. pp. 9, 66.
  2. ↑ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10(a); Apollodorus, 1.7.3, 1.7.10.
  3. ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.591 ff.
  4. ↑ Apollodorus, 3.12.5.
  5. ↑ Dictys Cretensis, 3. 7
  6. ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae 113, where he is called "Hippodamus"
  7. ↑ Homer, Iliad 11.335.
  8. ↑ Homer, Iliad 20.401–406.

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