In Greek mythology, Hippodamas (/hɪˈpɒdəməs/ hi-POD-ə-məs;[1] Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμας, gen. Ἱπποδάμαντος) may refer to the following characters:
- Hippodamas, son of the river-god Achelous and princess Perimede, daughter of King Aeolus of Thessaly. He was the brother of Orestes and father of Euryte, wife of Porthaon.[2]
- Hippodamas, father of Perimele. He pushed his daughter off a cliff when he discovered that she was having a love affair with Achelous.[3]
- Hippodamas, a Trojan prince and son of King Priam of Troy.[4] He was killed by Ajax the Great.[5][6]
- Hippodamas, a Trojan soldier who was killed by Odysseus.[7]
- Hippodamas, another Trojan, was killed by Achilles.[8]
- ^ Walker, John (1830). A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names: To which are Added, Terminational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Proper Names: with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity. J.F. Dove. pp. 9, 66.
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10(a); Apollodorus, 1.7.3, 1.7.10.
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.591 ff.
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5.
- ^ Dictys Cretensis, 3. 7
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 113, where he is called "Hippodamus"
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.335.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 20.401–406.