King of Sparta, son of Oebalus
In Greek mythology , Hippocoön (; Ancient Greek : Ἱπποκόων) was a Spartan king.
Family
Hippocoon was the son of the Spartan King Oebalus and Bateia . His brothers (or half-brothers) were Tyndareus and Icarius .[ 1] [ 2] Dorycleus , Scaeus , Enarophorus , Euteiches , Bucolus , Lycaethus , Tebrus , Eurytus , Hippothous , Hippocorystes , Alcinous ,[ 3] Alcimus , Dorceus , Sebrus , Eumedes ,[ 4] Enaesimus , Alcon and Leucippus (the last three were among the Calydonian hunters ).[ 5] [ 6]
Mythology
When their father died, Tyndareus became king. Hippocoön, with the help of his sons, overthrew him, took the throne and expelled his brothers from the kingdom . Later, Hippocoön refused to cleanse Heracles after the death of Iphitus . Because of that, Heracles became hostile to Hippocoön, killed him and reinstated Tyndareus.[ 7] Oeonus , son of Licymnius , whom they had killed because he had stoned their dog in self-defense.[ 8] Cepheus of Arcadia and his twenty sons, who all, as well as Heracles's brother Iphicles , died in the battle (according to Diodorus Siculus ,[ 6]
Notes
^ in Apollodorus , 3.10.4, all three are called sons of Oebalus and Bateia
^ in Pausanias , 3.1.4, Tyndareus' s mother is Gorgophone
^ Apollodorus, 3.10.5
^ Pausanias, 3.14.6 & 3.15.1
^ Hyginus , Fabulae 173^ a b Diodorus Siculus , 4.33.5^ Apollodorus, 3.10.5; Pausanias, 3.1.4 & 3.15.2
^ Apollodorus, 2.7.3; Pausanias, 3.15.4
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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website .Diodorus Siculus , The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1–2 . Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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. 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4 . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols . Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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