- 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 Heracles by Deianira.[2] He was the father of Thrasyanor, grandfather 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 suitors of Penelope, one from Same, and the other from Ithaca.[6] The rich and "lawless" Ctesippus of Same, son of Polytherses, who has 'fabulous wealth' appears in the Odyssey; he mocks the disguised Odysseus and hurls a bull's hoof at him as a 'gift', mocking xenia, though Odysseus dodges this. Telemachus says if he had hit the guest, he would have run Ctesippus through with his spear.[7] Later, in the battle between Odysseus and the suitors, Ctesippus attempts to kill Eumaeus with a spear, but misses due to Athena's intervention, though scratches Eumaeus's shoulder, and is thereupon himself killed by Philoetius, who thus avenges the disrespect towards his master.[8]
- ^ 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