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Zeuxipph
Zeuxippe
Bridged-Horse
(zeuxis, hippos) |
ZEUXIPPE was a Naiad Nymph of the Eridanos stream near Athens. She was the wife of Pandion, King of Athens, or Teleon. Her children included Philomela and Prokne, the sisters turned into birds, King Erektheus and Boutes the Argonaut.
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[1.1] PHRASIMOS & DIOGENEIA (Apollodorus 3.196)
[2.1] ERIDANOS (Hyginus Fabulae 14)
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| OFFSPRING |
[1.1] PROKNE, PHILOMELA, EREKHTHEUS, BOUTES (by Pandion) (Apollodorus 3.14.8)
[1.2] BOUTES (by Teleon) (Hyginus Fabulae 14) |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
ZEUXIPPE (Zeuxippê). A sister of Pasithea or Praxithea, was a Naiad and married to Pandion, by whom she became the mother of Procne, Philomela, Erechtheus and Butes. (Apollod. iii. 14. § 8.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"Pandion married Zeuxippe, his mother's [Praxithea's] sister, and begat two daughters, Procne and Philomela, and twin sons, Erechtheus and Butes." - Apollodorus, Library 3.14.8
"Erekhtheus [King of Athens] married Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimos and Kephisos' daughter Diogeneia." - Apollodorus, The Library 3.196
"Argonauts: ... Butes, son of Teleon and Zeuxippe, daughter of the river Eridanus, from Athens." - Hyginus, Fabulae 14
Sources:
- Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd BC
- Hyginus, Fabulae - Latin Mythography C2nd AD
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