Hippocoon

Hippŏcŏon, ontis, m.

• Of Amyclae, father of Enaesimus, who took part in the Calydonian hunt, Ov. M. 8, 314 and 363; Hyg. Fab. 173.—
• II A companion of Aeneas, an archer, Verg. A. 5, 492; Hyg. Fab. 273.

Hippŏcŏōn, (16) ontis, m. (Ἱπποκόων), fils dʼŒbalus : Ov. M. 8, 314 || compagnon dʼÉnée : Virg. En. 5, 492.

Hippo'coon

(Ἱπποκόῶν), the eldest, but natural son of Oebalus and Bateia, and a stepbrother of Tyndareus, Icarius and Arene, at Sparta. After his father's death, Hippocoon expelled his brother Tyndareus, in order to secure the kingdom to himself; but Heracles led Tyndareus back, and slew Hippocoon and his sons. (Paus. 3.1 § 4, 14.6, &c., 15.2, &c.; Apollod. 2.7.3, 3.10.4; Diod. 4.33.) The number and names of Hippocoon's sons are different in the different writers: Apollodorus mentions twelve, Diodorus ten, and Pausanias only six. Ovid (Ov. Met. 8.314) mentions the sons of Hippocoon among the Calydonian hunters.

There are four other mythical personages of the name of Hippocoon. (Hyg. Fab. 10, 173; Hom. Il. 10.518; Verg. A. 5.492, &c.) [L.S]

Hippocoön

(Ἱπποκόων). The son of Oebalus of Sparta and of the nymph Batea. He drove his brothers Tyndareus and Icarins from home. Afterwards, in consequence of his slaying the young Oeonus, a kinsman of Heracles, he himself, with his twenty sons, was slain by Heracles in alliance with King Cepheus of Tegea. Tyndareus was thereby restored to the inheritance of his father's kingdom.

Hippocoon Hippocoon, son of Oebalus by Batia

• Apollod. 3.10.4
• claims kingdom of Lacedaemon: Paus. 3.1.4, Apollod. 2.7.2
• his sons: Apollod. 3.10.4, Apollod. 3.10.5
• he and his sons fight for Neleus against Herakles: Apollod. 2.7.2
• they kill the son of Licymnius: Apollod. 2.7.2
• they expel Icarius and Tyndareus from Lacedaemon: Apollod. 3.10.5
• H. and his sons refuse to purify Herakles for murder of Iphitus: Paus. 3.15.3
• sons of H. kill Oeonus, cousin of Herakles: Paus. 3.15.4, and wound Herakles: Paus. 3.15.5, Paus. 3.19.7, Paus. 8.53.9
• they are killed by Herakles: Apollod. 2.7.3, Apollod. 1.3.5, Paus. 2.18.7, Paus. 3.10.6, Paus. 3.15.5, 6
• sons of H. worshipped as heroes: Paus. 3.14.7, Paus. 3.15.1
• names of sons of H. Paus. 3.14.6, 7, Paus. 3.15.1
• banishes Tyndareus: Paus. 2.18.7, Paus. 3.1.4, Paus. 3.21.2

Hippocoon(2), a follower of Cadmus

• Hdt. 5.60