Hypseus (son of Peneius)

Hypseus ( Greek  Ὑψεύς ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

Hypseus was a son of the river god Peneios and the naiad Creusa and the brother of the Stilbe . His birth took place in the gorges of the Pindus . He later rose to be king of the Lapiths of Thessaly . With the naiad Chlidanope he had the daughters Themisto , Astyageia , Alkaia and the nymph Cyrene .

literature

• Hans von Geisau : Hypseus 1). In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Col. 1288 f.

Web links

• Hypseus in Greek Myth Index (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Diodorus 4, 69, 1.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Pherecytes , Scholien zu Pindar 9, 31.
3. ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 9, 2.
4. ↑ Pindar : Pythias 9, 13.