Hippomedon

Hippomedon ( Greek  Ἱππομέδων ) is a figure in Greek mythology . He was one of the seven against Thebes .

The origins of the hippomedon are given in different sources. Either he was a son of Talaos or Aristomachus or Mnesimachus and Metidike , daughter of Talaos. In the first case he was a brother of the Argive king Adrastus , in the latter two cases, however, his nephew.

Hippomedon lived either in Mycenae or in a castle near Lerna , the foundations of which the Greek travel writer Pausanias , who lived in the 2nd century AD, could still see. With Euanippe, Hippomedon fathered a son, the Epigonen Polydoros .

Hippomedon also took part in the march of the seven against Thebes . In the Greek tragedy poet Aeschylus , he appears as a huge, strong hero who carried the fire-breathing monster Typhon as an emblem on his shield and attacked the city gate of Thebes, named after Athena Onkaia, defended by Hyperbios . According to Euripides , however, he fought at the Ogygian city gate. According to the representation of the library of Apollodorus , Hippomedon took up position at the Onca city gate and was killed after the duel between Eteocles and Polynices (who killed each other) at the hand of Ismaros , son of Astakos . In the Thebais of the Roman epic Publius Papinius Statius , Hippomedon won a discus competition, protected the remains of Tydeus , killed Crenaeus and was himself killed by an overwhelming force of city defenders and by floods sent by Crenaeus' grandfather, the river god Ismenus .

literature

• Hans von Geisau : Hippomedon 1). In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 1175.

Remarks

1. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 6, 3, 1.
2. ^ Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 70.
3. ^ Pausanias 2:36 , 8.
4. ^ Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 71.
5. ↑ Aeschylus, Seven against Thebes 486ff.
6. ↑ Euripides, The Phoenicians 1113ff.
7. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 6, 6, 1; 3, 6, 8, 1f.
8. ^ Statius, Thebais 6, 646ff.
9. ^ Statius, Thebais 9, 86-539.