Hippomachus
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Hippomachus or Hippomakhos or Hippomachos (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόμαχον or Ἱππόμαχος means "fighting on horseback, trooper") may refer to:
- Hippomachus, a Trojan warrior and son of Antimachus.[1] He was the brother of Hippolochus, Pisander,[2] and Tisiphone.[3] During the Trojan War, Hippomachus was killed by Leonteus, leader of the Lapiths, who smote him with a cast of his spear, striking him upon the girdle.[4]
- Hippomachus, one of the Suitors of Penelope. He came from Zacynthos along with other 43 wooers.[5] Hippomachus was ultimately killed by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus, after returning from his 10-year journey.[6]
- Hippomachus, the father of Perineike, mother of the Argonaut Iphitos and Antiphanteia by Naubolus.[7]
- Hippomachus of Elis, an ancient Greek who won three opponents in an Olympic boxing competition for boys without receiving a blow.[8]
