- Euippe
Euippe or Evippe (
Ancient Greek :Ευίππη; English translation: "GoodMare (horse) ") is the name of six women inGreek mythology :*The daughter of
Danaus and thenaiad Polyxo . She married (and murdered)Imbrus , son ofAegyptus andCaliadne . [Apollodorus , "Library", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus2.html#1 2.1.5] .] [Hyginus , "Fabulae", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae4.html#170 170] .]*Another daughter of
Danaus , this time anEthiopia n woman. She married eitherArgius , son ofAegyptus and a Phoenician woman, orAgenor , son ofAegyptus . [Apollodorus, "Library", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus2.html#1 2.1.5] .] [Hyginus, "Fabulae", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HyginusFabulae4.html#170 170] .]*Another name for
Melanippe , daughter ofChiron .*Euippe of
Paionia , the mother, byPierus , of thePierides , nine sisters who challenged themuses and, on their defeat, were turned into magpies. [Ovid , "Metamorphoses", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/OvidMetamorphoses5.html#2 5.268] ]*The daughter of
Tyrimmas . She boreOdysseus a son,Euryalus , who was later mistakenly slain by his father. [Parthenius of Nicaea , "Love Stories", [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Parthenius.html#3 3] .]*The daughter of
Leucon . She boreAndreus (son of the river-godPeneus ), a son,Eteocles , king of Orchomenus.References
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