Dioxippe
Dioxippe (Ancient Greek: Διωξίππη, romanized: Diōxíppē, lit. 'she who drives away horses' or 'horse-chaser') is a name in Greek mythology that may refer to:
- Dioxippe, one of the Heliades.
- Dioxippe, one of the 50 Danaïdes as a daughter of King Danaus of Libya (and later Argos) and Pieria. On the orders of her father, she married and murdered her cousin–husband Aegyptus, namesake of his father King Aegyptus of Egypt and Gorgo.
- Dioxippe, an Amazon.
- Dioxippe, wife of Agenor and mother of Sipylus who killed her unwittingly.
- Dioxippe, one of Actaeon's dogs.
Notes
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.
- Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Morals translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, Ph.D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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