In Greek mythology, Hippe (/ˈhɪpi/; Ancient Greek: Ἵππη; English translation: "mare (horse)"), also known as Melanippe[1] (/mɛləˈnɪpi/; Μελανίππη) or Euippe (/juːˈɪpi/; Εὐίππη), was the daughter of the Centaur Chiron and Chariclo.[2] She was seduced by Aeolus and bore a daughter, Melanippe or Arne, but was ashamed to tell her father. Artemis took pity on her and, according to one account, turned her into the constellation Pegasus originally called the Horse.[3]

Note

  1. ↑ Pseudo-Eratosthenes, Catasterisms 18; Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.18; Smith, "Melanippe" 1.
  2. ↑ Kuhn, on Julius Pollux, 4.141
  3. ↑ Hard 2015, pp.49–52.

References

  • Hard, Robin (2015), Eratosthenes and Hyginus: Constellation Myths, With Aratus's Phaenomena, Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-871698-3.


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