Hippokorystes (son of the Hippocoon)
Hippokorystes ( ancient Greek Ἱπποκορυστής ) is a person of Greek mythology .
He is the son of the hippocoon from Amyklai . Together with his father and his brothers Dorykleus , Skaios , Enarophoros , Bukolos , Euteiches , Lykaithos , Tebros , Hippothoos , Eurytos , Alkinos and Alkon , he drove the rulers of Sparta , Ikarios and Tyndareos , out of the city. Hippocoon and all his sons are killed by Heracles , whereupon Tyndareus takes control again.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Hippokorystes 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, column 2678 ( digitized version ).