Taraxippus

Role: horse-terrifying power · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 20

Book 6 · Chapter 20

• with Olenius (One account identifies Taraxippus with Olenius's tomb.) “some say it is the tomb of an Autochthon, famous for his skill with horses, whose name was Olenius”
• with Poseidon (Taraxippus is described as a surname of Poseidon Hippius.) “The most plausible account however of Taraxippus seems to me that which makes it a surname of Poseidon Hippius.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.