Hippodamia
Family: mythological figures · Role: daughter of Œnomaus · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 11
Pelops offered a myrtle statue to Aphrodite at Temnus before seeking her help to marry Hippodamia. At Olympia, her father, Œnomaus, proposed a horse-race for her suitors. After marrying Pelops, Hippodamia selected 16 matrons and, with them, inaugurated games in gratitude to Hera.
Later, Hippodamia fled to Midea when Pelops was angry with her over the death of Chrysippus. According to an oracle, her remains were afterwards placed at Olympia.
Relationship record
Life events
- Pelops offered Aphrodite a myrtle statue before seeking help to marry Hippodamia.(Book 5 · Chapter 13 · 📍 Temnus)
- Œnomaus proposed a horse-race for Hippodamia’s suitors.(Book 5 · Chapter 14 · 📍 Olympia)
- With: Œnomaus
- “at which Œnomaus sacrificed when he proposed the horse-race for the suitors of his daughter Hippodamia.”
- Hippodamia inaugurated games to Hera in gratitude for her marriage with Pelops.(Book 5 · Chapter 16)
- Hippodamia fled to Midea after Pelops became angry with her.(Book 6 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Midea)
- With: Pelops
- “Hippodamia fled to Midea in Argolis, when Pelops was especially angry with her owing to the death of Chrysippus”
- Hippodamia’s remains were placed at Olympia according to an oracle.(Book 6 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Olympia)
- “according to the oracle they afterwards placed her remains at Olympia”
Book 5 · Chapter 11
- parent: Œnomaus (Hippodamia is Œnomaus's daughter.) “and Hippodamia the daughter of Œnomaus with her mother,”
Book 5 · Chapter 13
- courtship with Pelops “before begging her help towards marrying Hippodamia”
Book 5 · Chapter 14
- parent: Œnomaus “at which Œnomaus sacrificed when he proposed the horse-race for the suitors of his daughter Hippodamia.”
Book 5 · Chapter 16
- married with Pelops “Hippodamia in gratitude to Hera for her marriage with Pelops selected 16 matrons”
- with Hera (Hippodamia acted in gratitude to Hera.) “Hippodamia in gratitude to Hera for her marriage with Pelops selected 16 matrons”
Book 5 · Chapter 17
- with Œnomaus (interaction) “Œnomaus pursuing Pelops and Hippodamia”
Book 6 · Chapter 20
- with Pelops (Hippodamia is depicted binding Pelops after his victory.) “there is a brazen statue of Hippodamia with a fillet, about to bind Pelops with it for his victory”
- with Pelops (Pelops was angry with Hippodamia) “Hippodamia fled to Midea in Argolis, when Pelops was especially angry with her owing to the death of Chrysippus”
- admirer: Alcathous (Alcathous was a suitor of Hippodamia) “as one of the unsuccessful suitors of Hippodamia”
Book 6 · Chapter 21
- admirer: Marmax “Marmax was the first suitor of Hippodamia”
- with Pelops (interaction) “it was Pelops subsequently who gave them a common sepulchre, in honour to them and out of affection to Hippodamia”
Book 8 · Chapter 14
- parent: Œnomaus “whenever he caught up any suitor in the race, he hurled a dart at him and so killed him. And Myrtilus himself was enamoured of Hippodamia”
- admirer: Myrtilus “Myrtilus himself was enamoured of Hippodamia”
- courtship with Pelops (Pelops was competing to win Hippodamia.) “that if he won he would let Myrtilus enjoy Hippodamia”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.