Editing Hippocoon

{{Short description|Set of mythological Greek characters}}
In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Hippocoön''' ({{IPAc-en|h|ᵻ|ˈ|p|ɒ|k|oʊ|ˌ|ɒ|n|,_|-|k|ə|ˌ|w|ɒ|n}}; {{langx|grc|Ἱπποκόων}}, ''Hippokóōn'') refers to several characters: 
*Hippocoon, in one account,<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], [https://topostext.org/work/206#10 ''Fabulae'' 10] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.4 14.4]</ref> father of [[Neleus]], who is otherwise called son of [[Cretheus]] or [[Poseidon]].
*[[Hippocoon of Sparta|Hippocoon]], a [[Sparta]]n king, father of [[Enarephoros]] and brother of [[Tyndareus]] from whom Hippocoon seized the kingship, then exiled Tyndareus.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.10.5</ref>
*Hippocoon, the great-grandfather of [[Amphiaraus]]. The lineage is as follows: [[Zeuxippe]], daughter of this Hippocoön, married [[Antiphates]] and gave birth to [[Oecles]] and [[Amphalces]]; Oecles, in his turn, married [[Hypermnestra of Aetolia|Hypermnestra]], daughter of [[Thestius|Thespius]], and to them were born [[Iphianeira]], [[Polyboea]] and Amphiaraus.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68 4.68.5]</ref>
*Hippocoon, a [[Thracia]]n counsellor and a kinsman of [[Rhesus of Thrace|Rhesus]], who fought at [[Troy]]. Awakened by [[Apollo]], he is the first to discover the damage caused by [[Odysseus]] and [[Diomedes]] in the Thracian camp.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 10.218</ref>
*Hippocoon, in the ''[[Aeneid]]'', son of [[Hyrtacus]], one of the participants in the archery contest at [[Anchises]]'s funeral games. His arrow misses, striking the mast to which the target dove is tied.<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 5.492–545</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''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|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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