Ἱπποκόωντος

Hippokoon's, Hippocoon's

Translated by David Whitehead23 May 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

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Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἱπποκόωντος.

Betacode

*(ippoko/wntos.

Elder brother of Tyndareos of Sparta (cf. tau 1169). The name is here in the genitive case; it was presumably extracted from a passage where there was mention of his (numerous) sons, killed alongside him by Heracles. See generally OCD(4) s.v.