Hippotes (son of Creon)
Hippotes is a figure from the Greek legend about Medea .
He was a son of Creon , king of Corinth , and brother of Glauke . When the jealous Medea murdered his sister and then his father, Hippotes demanded that the criminal be brought to justice, but was dismissed by the judges.
According to a version of the Medeasage that deviated from the version of Euripides , Hippotes took Jason in Corinth and gave him his daughter as a wife.
literature
- Wilhelm Kroll : Hippotes 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 2, Stuttgart 1913, Sp. 1923.
- Wilhelm Vollmer : Complete dictionary of the mythology of all nations. Hoffmann, Stuttgart 1836, Volume 2 (F – Z), keyword Hippotes (3rd edition 1874, accessed on May 26, 2020)