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Hypseus

In Greek mythology, the name Hypseus may refer to:Hypseus, a king of the Lapiths and son of the river god Peneus either by (1) the naiad Creusa, daughter of Gaia; (2) Philyra, daughter of Asopus or (3) Naïs. By the naiad Chlidanope he had four daughters: Cyrene, Themisto, Alcaea and Astyagyia. Hypseus, who fought on Phineus' side against Perseus, killed Prothoenor but was himself slain by Perseus. Hypseus, son of Asopus, who fought in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He killed a number of opponents, including Antiphōs, Astyages, Linus, and Tages, and was himself slain by Capaneus.

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

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  1. Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.1
  2. Pindar, Pythian Odes 9.13 ff
  3. Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.27b with Achesandros as the authority
  4. Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.27b with Pherecydes as the authority
  5. Scholia on Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.31
  6. Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 276. ISBN 9780241983386.
  7. Callimachus, Hymn 2 to Apollo 85 ff; Diodorus Siculus, 4.81.1; Nonnus, 29.180
  8. Apollodorus, 1.9.2
  9. Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.3
  10. Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.98-99
  11. Statius, Thebaid 7.310 ff & 723 ff
  12. Statius, Thebaid 9.252 ff & 540 ff
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