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In Greek mythology, Hippodamia, Hippodamea or Hippodameia (/ˌhɪpɒdəˈmaɪ.ə/; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια, "she who masters horses" derived from ἵππος hippos "horse" and δαμάζειν damazein "to tame") may refer to these female characters:

• Hippodamia, daughter of Oenomaus, and wife of Pelops.
• Hippodamia, wife of Pirithous and daughter of Atrax or Butes.
• Hippodamia, wife of Autonous and mother of Anthus.
• Hippodamia, daughter of Anicetus who consorted with Zeus.
• Hippodamia, name shared by two of the Danaïdes, daughters of King Danaus of Libya either by the hamadryads, Atlanteia or Phoebe. One of them married and killed her husband Istrus and the other Diocorystes. These princes were sons of King Aegyptus of Egypt and an Arabian woman. Either of these two Hippodamia became the mother of Olenus by Zeus.
• Hippodamia, also known as Laodamia or Deidamia, daughter of the hero Bellerophon and Philonoe, daughter of the Lycian king Iobates. She was said to mothered Sarpedon by the god Zeus.
• Hippodamia, also known as Alcimede or Cleobule, the mother of Phoenix by Amyntor, and possibly of Asydameia and Crantor.
• Hippodameia, wife of Alcathous (the son of Aesyetes) and daughter of Anchises.
• Hippodamia, possible name for the mother of Guneus by Ocytus.
• Hippodamia, an Athenian maiden who was one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur.
• Hippodameia, a.k.a. Briseis, the wife of a prince in Asia Minor at the time of the Trojan War

Notes

1. 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, 13, 66. Rule%2030.
2. Pausanias, 6.21.9–11, with a reference to Megalai Ehoiai fr. 259(a)
3. Diodorus Siculus, 4.70.3
4. Clementine Recognitions 10.21
5. Apollodorus, 2.1.5
6. Clementine Recognitions 10.21
7. Homer, Iliad 6.197-205
8. Diodorus Siculus, 5.79.3
9. Clementine Recognitions 10.21
10. Palatine Anthology 3.3 (Paton, pp. 152–153)
11. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 421 (Gk text); Gantz, p. 618
12. Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 33, Prologue 432, pp. 41, Prologue 524. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
13. Scholia to Homer, Iliad 9.448; Gantz, p. 618
14. Apollodorus, 2.7.8
15. Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.355–392
16. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 13.429
17. Hesychius of Alexandria s. v
18. Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue, 629–630
19. Painting on François Vase; CIG 4. 8185

References

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• 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
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• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4

• Set index articles on Greek mythology
• Princesses in Greek mythology