Hypseus

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In Greek mythology, the name Hypseus (/ˈhɪpsiəs/; Ancient Greek: Ὑψεύς "one on high", derived from hypsos "height") may refer to:

  • Hypseus, King of the Lapiths, son of the river god Peneus by the naiad Creusa, daughter of Gaia,[1][2] or by Philyra, a daughter of Asopus.[3] By the naiad Chlidanope[4] he had four daughters: Cyrene,[5] Themisto,[6] Alcaea[7] and Astyagyia.[8]
  • Hypseus, who fought on Phineus' side against Perseus, killed Prothoenor but was himself slain by Perseus.[9]
  • Hypseus, son of Asopus, who fought in the war of the Seven against Thebes.[10] He killed a number of opponents, including Antiphōs, Astyages, Linus, and Tages, and was himself slain by Capaneus.[11]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Pindar, Pythian Odes 9.13 ff
  2. ^ Pherecydes fr. 57 (Fowler 2013, p. 195) stated only that Hypseus mother's was an unnamed naiad
  3. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.27a
  4. ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 276. ISBN 9780241983386.
  5. ^ Callimachus, Hymn 2 to Apollo 85 ff; Diodorus Siculus, 4.81.1; Nonnus, 29.180
  6. ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.2
  7. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.31
  8. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.3
  9. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.98-99
  10. ^ Statius, Thebaid 7.310 ff & 723 ff
  11. ^ Statius, Thebaid 9.252 ff & 540 ff

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