In Greek mythology, Hippothoe (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποθόη Hippothoê means 'swift as a mare'[1]) is the name of five distinct characters.

Hippothoe is also the scientific name of Lycaena hippothoe, the "Purple-edged Copper" butterfly.[11]

Notes

  1. Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. p. 65.
  2. Hesiod, Theogony 251; Apollodorus, 1.2.7
  3. Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 181. ISBN 9780786471119.
  4. Hyginus, Fabulae 170
  5. Apollodorus, 2.4.5
  6. Apollodorus, 1.9.10
  7. Hyginus, Fabulae 24
  8. Hyginus, Fabulae 163; Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.44; Tzetzes, Posthomerica 176
  9. Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.532
  10. "Brave Women Warriors Of Greek Myth: An Amazon Roster". www.whoosh.org. Retrieved 2021-04-16.
  11. "Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa". www.leps.it. Retrieved 2019-09-20.

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