Hippothoon
(Ἱπποθόων), an Attic hero, a son of Poseidon and Alope, the daughter of Cercyon. He had a heroum at Athens; and one of the Attic phylae was called after him Hippothoontis. (Demosth. Epitaph. p. 1389; Paus. 1.5.2, 39.3, 38.4.) [L.S]
(Ἱπποθόων), a Greek tragedian, whose exact time is unknown, but who probably lived shortly before Alexander the Great. He is several times quoted by Stobaeus, who also cites a poet Hippothoüs, the identity of whom with Hippothoön is uncertain. He is sometimes erroneously reckoned among the comic poets, as, for example, by Fabricius. (Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. p. 451; Welcker, die Griech. Tragyöd. p. 1099; Meineke, Hist. Crit. Com. Graec. p. 525.) [P.S]
(Ἱπποθόων). An Attic hero, son of Poseidon and Alopé, daughter of Cercyon. After him one of the Attic tribes was called Hippothoöntis. He had a shrine at Athens.
- Paus. 1.39.3
- eponymous hero of Athenian tribe: Paus. 1.5.2, Paus. 1.38.4
- his shrine: Paus. 1.38.4