Hippomachus or Hippomakhos or Hippomachos (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόμαχον or Ἱππόμαχος means "fighting on horseback, trooper") may refer to:
- Hippomachus, a Trojan warrior and son of Antimachus.1 He was the brother of Hippolochus, Pisander,2 and Tisiphone.3 During the Trojan War, Hippomachus was killed by Leonteus, leader of the Lapiths, who smote him with a cast of his spear, striking him upon the girdle.4
- Hippomachus, one of the Suitors of Penelope. He came from Zacynthos along with other 43 wooers.5 Hippomachus was ultimately killed by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus, after returning from his 10-year journey.6
- Hippomachus, the father of Perineike, mother of the Argonaut Iphitos and Antiphanteia by Naubolus.7
- Hippomachus of Elis, an ancient Greek who won three opponents in an Olympic boxing competition for boys without receiving a blow.8
Notes
Notes
- Homer, Iliad 12.189
- Homer, Iliad 11.122 & 138
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.406
- Homer, Iliad 12.188–189
- Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29
- Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
- Apollonius Rhodius, 1.207, scholia
- Suda, iota, 572
References
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.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.