Ctesippus
- The name Ctesippus may also refer to a character in Plato's Euthydemus and Lysis, and to a historical figure, see Leptines and Against Leptines.
In Greek mythology, the name Ctesippus (/tɪˈsɪp.əs/;[1] Ancient Greek: Κτήσιππος means 'possessing horses') may refer to:
- Ctessipus, son of Antimachus and great-grandfather of Deiphontes.[3] Thersander, son of Agamedidas, is also given as his great-grandson.[4]
- Ctesippus, another son of Heracles by Astydameia the daughter of Amyntor or Ormenius.[5]
- Ctessipus, two of the Philoetius, who thus avenges the disrespect towards his master.[8]
Notes
- ^ John Walker, Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, Scripture Proper Names
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.8
- ^ Pausanias, 2.19.1
- ^ Pausanias, 3.16.6
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.37.4; Apollodorus, 2.7.8
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.28 & 30
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 20.288–300
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 22.279–290; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
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.
- 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 4.59–8. 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. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.