Hippo

Role: daughter of Scedasus · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 13

In Book 9, Chapter 13, at Leuctra, Hippo was one of the two daughters of Scedasus, alongside her sister Molpia. Phrurarchidas and Parthenius, two Lacedæmonians, violated the sisters, and Hippo and Molpia then hanged themselves, “for this outrage was more than they could bear.”

Afterward, Epaminondas performed funeral rites for Scedasus and his daughters at Leuctra, vowing that a battle would take place there for their vengeance as well as for the safety of Thebes.

Relationship record

Life events

Phrurarchidas and Parthenius violated Molpia and Hippo, who then hanged themselves.(Book 9 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Leuctra)
- With: Molpia Phrurarchidas Parthenius
- “They were very beautiful and two Lacedæmonians, Phrurarchidas and Parthenius, iniquitously violated them, and they forthwith hung themselves, for this outrage was more than they could bear:”
Epaminondas performed funeral rites and vowed battle to avenge Scedasus and his daughters.(Book 9 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Leuctra)
- With: Epaminondas Scedasus Molpia
- “Then Epaminondas offered funeral rites to Scedasus and his daughters, and vowed that a battle should take place there, as much for their vengeance as for the safety of Thebes.”

Book 9 · Chapter 13

parent: Scedasus (parent->child) “Scedasus lived at Leuctra and had two daughters Molpia and Hippo.”
siblings with Molpia (sisters) “Scedasus lived at Leuctra and had two daughters Molpia and Hippo.”
with Phrurarchidas (Phrurarchidas violated Molpia and Hippo) “and two Lacedæmonians, Phrurarchidas and Parthenius, iniquitously violated them”
with Parthenius (Parthenius violated Molpia and Hippo) “and two Lacedæmonians, Phrurarchidas and Parthenius, iniquitously violated them”
with Epaminondas (offered funeral rites and vowed vengeance) “Then Epaminondas offered funeral rites to Scedasus and his daughters, and vowed that a battle should take place there, as much for their vengeance as for the safety of Thebes.”

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