Zeuxippus (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, the name Zeuxippus (Ζεύξιππος) may refer to:

  • Zeuxippus, son of Apollo and the nymph Syllis (or Hyllis, daughter of Hyllus and Iole[1]). He succeeded Phaestus as the king of Sicyon, and was in turn succeeded by Hippolytus.[2]
  • Zeuxippus, son of Eumelus and grandson of Admetus. His own son was Harmenius, himself father of Henioche.[5]

References

  1. Ibycus, Fragment 282a. 41
  2. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 6. 7
  3. Scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 4. 12
  4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 11. 1 for the daughter's name
  5. Scholia on Plato, Symposium, 208d, citing Hellanicus


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