Hyperoche

First appears: Book 4 · §30–41

Life events

• Hyperoche and Laodike were sent from the Hyperboreans to Delos, where they died.(Book 4 · §30–41 · 📍 Delos)
  • With: Laodike
  • “at first, they say, the Hyperboreans sent two maidens bearing the sacred offerings, whose names, say the Delians, were Hyperoche and Laodike”
• The Delians established a custom of honoring the dead maidens by cutting off and placing their hair on the tomb.(Book 4 · §30–41 · 📍 Delos)
  • With: Laodike
  • “for those maidens from the Hyperboreans, who died in Delos, both the girls and the boys of the Delians cut off their hair”

Book 4 · §30–41

• with Laodike (They are identified as the two maidens sent together.) “at first, they say, the Hyperboreans sent two maidens bearing the sacred offerings, whose names, say the Delians, were Hyperoche and Laodike”
• with Eileithuia (Hyperoche and Laodike brought tribute for Eileithuia.) “These last, they say, came bearing for Eileithuia the tribute which they had laid upon themselves for the speedy birth”

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Extracted from the original text of The Histories. Made with Rho MD.