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Zeuxippe

In Greek mythology, Zeuxippe was the name of several women. The name means ""Zeuxippe, a naiad nymph of Athens and the mother of Erechtheus, Butes, Procne, Philomela and possibly Teuthras by King Pandion I. She was the sister of Praxithea. Zeuxippe, the Athenian naiad-daughter of the river god Eridanos. She was the mother of Butes by Teleon. Zeuxippe, a Sicyonian princess as the daughter of King Lamedon and Pheno. She was the wife of Sicyon and the mother of Chthonophyle. Zeuxippe, daughter of Hippocoon and the mother of Oicles and Amphalces with Antiphates. Zeuxippe, daughter of Athamas and possibly the mother of Ptous by Apollo. Zeuxippe, a Trojan queen as the possible wife of King Laomedon and the mother of his children.

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In Greek mythology, Zeuxippe (/zɡˈzɪp/; Ancient Greek: Ζευξίππη, romanizedZeuxíppē, lit.'she who yokes horses, from zeugos 'yoke of beasts' / 'pair of horses' and hippos 'horse'') was the name of several women. The name means ""12

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  1. American Reference Books Annual. Libraries Unlimited. 1992. ISBN 978-0-87287-964-5.
  2. Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 167. ISBN 9780241983386.
  3. Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Thespeia
  4. Apollodorus, 3.14.8
  5. Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  6. Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.72-73
  7. Pausanias, 2.6.5
  8. Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.5
  9. Scholia on Pausanias, 9.23.6 (but see article on Ptous for discussion)
  10. Scholiast on Homer, Iliad 3.250 as cited in Alcman, fr. 105
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