- Ctesippus
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- The name Ctesippus may also refer to a character in Plato's Euthydemus and Lysis, and to a historical figure, see Leptines and Against Leptines.
In Greek mythology, the name Ctesippus may refer to:
- A son of Heracles, either by Deianira or by Astydameia.[1][2] He was the father of Thrasyanor, grandfather of Antimachus and great-grandfather of Deiphontes.[3] Thersander, son of Agamedidas, is also given as his great-grandson.[4]
- Two of the suitors of Penelope, one from Same, and the other from Ithaca.[5] The rich and "lawless" Ctesippus of Same, son of Polytherses, appears in the Odyssey; he mocks at the disguised Odysseus and hurls a bull's hoof at him.[6] Later, in the battle between Odysseus and the suitors, he attempts to kill Eumaeus with a spear, but misses and is thereupon himself killed by Philoetius, who thus avenges the disrespect towards his master.[7]
References
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 7. 8
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 37. 4
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 19. 1
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 3. 16. 6
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4, 7. 26 - 7. 30
- ^ Homer, Odyssey, 20. 288 - 300
- ^ Odyssey, 22. 279 - 290
Categories:- Greek mythology
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- Characters in the Odyssey
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