Legendary King of Sparta | |
Predecessor | Tyndareos(1st reign) |
Successor | Tyndareos (2nd reign) |
In Greek mythology, Hippocoön ( /hɪˈpɒkoʊˌɒn, -kəˌwɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκόων) was a Spartan king.
Hippocoon was the son of the Spartan King Oebalus and Bateia. His brothers (or half-brothers) were Tyndareus and Icarius. [1] [2] Names of Hippocoön's sons include Dorycleus, Scaeus, Enarophorus, Euteiches, Bucolus, Lycaethus, Tebrus, Eurytus, Hippothous, Hippocorystes, Alcinous, [3] Alcimus, Dorceus, Sebrus, Eumedes, [4] Enaesimus, Alcon and Leucippus (the last three were among the Calydonian hunters). [5] Diodorus Siculus states that there were twenty of them, but gives no individual names. [6]
When their father died, Tyndareus became king. Hippocoön, with the help of his sons, overthrew him, took the throne and expelled his brothers from the kingdom . Later, Hippocoön refused to cleanse Heracles after the death of Iphitus. Because of that, Heracles became hostile to Hippocoön, killed him and reinstated Tyndareus. [7] All of Hippocoön's sons were also slain by Heracles, as a revenge for the death of the young Oeonus, son of Licymnius, whom they had killed because he had stoned their dog in self-defense. [8] Heracles's allies in the war against Hippocoön were Cepheus of Arcadia and his twenty sons, who all, as well as Heracles's brother Iphicles, died in the battle (according to Diodorus Siculus, [6] three of Cepheus' sons did survive).
Legendary King of Sparta | |
Predecessor | Tyndareos(1st reign) |
Successor | Tyndareos (2nd reign) |
In Greek mythology, Hippocoön ( /hɪˈpɒkoʊˌɒn, -kəˌwɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκόων) was a Spartan king.
Hippocoon was the son of the Spartan King Oebalus and Bateia. His brothers (or half-brothers) were Tyndareus and Icarius. [1] [2] Names of Hippocoön's sons include Dorycleus, Scaeus, Enarophorus, Euteiches, Bucolus, Lycaethus, Tebrus, Eurytus, Hippothous, Hippocorystes, Alcinous, [3] Alcimus, Dorceus, Sebrus, Eumedes, [4] Enaesimus, Alcon and Leucippus (the last three were among the Calydonian hunters). [5] Diodorus Siculus states that there were twenty of them, but gives no individual names. [6]
When their father died, Tyndareus became king. Hippocoön, with the help of his sons, overthrew him, took the throne and expelled his brothers from the kingdom . Later, Hippocoön refused to cleanse Heracles after the death of Iphitus. Because of that, Heracles became hostile to Hippocoön, killed him and reinstated Tyndareus. [7] All of Hippocoön's sons were also slain by Heracles, as a revenge for the death of the young Oeonus, son of Licymnius, whom they had killed because he had stoned their dog in self-defense. [8] Heracles's allies in the war against Hippocoön were Cepheus of Arcadia and his twenty sons, who all, as well as Heracles's brother Iphicles, died in the battle (according to Diodorus Siculus, [6] three of Cepheus' sons did survive).