Hippothoe, a daughter of Mestor and Lysidice, carried away to the islands called Echinades by Neptune, by whom she had a son named Taphius. Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 4.——One of the Nereides. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 2.——A daughter of Pelias. Apollodorus.
Hippŏthoon, a son of Neptune and Alope daughter of Cercyon, exposed in the woods by his mother, that her amours with the god might be concealed from her father. Her shame was discovered, and her father ordered her to be put to death. Neptune changed her into a fountain, and the child was preserved by mares, whence his name, and when grown up, placed on his grandfather’s throne by the friendship of Theseus. Hyginus, fable 187.—Pausanias, bk. 1, ch. 38.
Hippothoontis, one of the 12 Athenian tribes, which received its name from Hippothoon.
Hippŏthous, a son of Lethus, killed by Ajax in the Trojan war. Homer, Iliad, bks. 2 & 17.——A son of Priam. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 12.——A son of Ægyptus. Apollodorus.——One of the hunters of the Calydonian boar. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 1, li. 307.
Hippŏtion, a prince who assisted the Trojans, and was killed by Merion. Homer, Iliad, bks. 13 & 14.
Hippūris, one of the Cyclades. Mela, bk. 2, ch. 7.
Hippus, a river falling into the Phasis.
Hipsides, a Macedonian, &c. Curtius, bk. 7, ch. 7.
Hira, a maritime town of Peloponnesus. Homer, Iliad, bk. 12.
Hirpīni, a people of the Samnites. Silius Italicus, bk. 8, li. 560.