Lysippe
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Lysippe (/laɪˈsɪpi/; Ancient Greek: Λυσίππη Lusíppē) is the name of several different women in Greek mythology:
- Lysippe, the Amazon mother of the river god Tanais.[1][2]
- Lysippe, other name for Cydippe, daughter of King Ormenus of Rhodes and wife of her uncle Cercaphus.[3]
- Lysippe, one of the Proetids, the daughters of Proetus and Stheneboea. Along with her sisters Iphinoe and Iphianassa, she was driven mad, believing herself to be a cow. This was either because they would not receive the rites of Dionysus, or they scorned the divinity of Hera. They also lost their beauty: they were afflicted with skin diseases and their hair dropped out. They were cured by Melampus, the son of Amythaon.[4]
- Lysippe, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede[5] or by one of his many wives.[6] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,[7] Lysippe with her other sisters, except for one,[8] all laid with the hero in a night,[9] a week[10] or for 50 days[11] as what their father strongly desired it to be.[12] Lysippe bore Heracles a son, Erasippus.[13]
- Lysippe, wife of Prolaus of Elis.[14]
- Lysippe, possible name for the wife of Talaus.[15]
