Hippostratus

First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60

Hippostratus was described as the son of Phyetes and a descendant of Amarynces, and as a leader of the Epeians. In The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae, Hesiod says he seduced Periboea; another account calls him “the splendid son of Phyetes, of the line of Amarynces, leader of the Epeians.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Hippostratus seduced Periboea.(The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60)
  • With: Periboea
  • “Hesiod says that she was seduced by Hippostratus the son of Amarynces”

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 41–60

• parent: Phyetes “Her Hippostratus (did wed), a scion of Ares, the splendid son of Phyetes, of the line of Amarynces, leader of the Epeians.”
• parent: Amarynces “Hesiod says that she was seduced by Hippostratus the son of Amarynces and that her father Hipponous sent her from Olenus in Achaea to Oeneus because he was far away from Hellas, bidding him kill her.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.