Hippomachus

Hippomachus or Hippomakhos or Hippomachos (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόμαχον or Ἱππόμαχος means "fighting on horseback, trooper") may refer to:

  • Hippomachus, a Trojan warrior and son of Antimachus.[1] He was the brother of Hippolochus, Pisander,[2] and Tisiphone.[3] During the Trojan War, Hippomachus was killed by Leonteus, leader of the Lapiths, who smote him with a cast of his spear, striking him upon the girdle.[4]
  • Hippomachus, one of the Suitors of Penelope. He came from Zacynthos along with other 43 wooers.[5] Hippomachus was ultimately killed by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus, after returning from his 10-year journey.[6]
  • Hippomachus of Elis, an ancient Greek who won three opponents in an Olympic boxing competition for boys without receiving a blow.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Homer, Iliad 12.189
  2. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.122 & 138
  3. ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.406
  4. ^ Homer, Iliad 12.188–189
  5. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29
  6. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
  7. ^ Suda, iota, 572

References

  • Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
  • Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
  • Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.


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