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{{Short description|Female name in Greek mythology}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Zeuxippe''' ({{IPAc-en|z|uː|ɡ|ˈ|z|ɪ|p|iː}}; {{langx|grc|Ζευξίππη|Zeuxíppē}}) was the name of several women. The name means "she who yokes horses," from ''zeugos'', "yoke of beasts" / "pair of horses," and ''hippos'', "horse."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CUM0AAAAMAAJ&q=Zeuxippe+horse++yoke|title=American Reference Books Annual|date=1992|publisher=Libraries Unlimited.|isbn=978-0-87287-964-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=[[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]]|title=The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|year=2017|isbn=9780241983386|pages=167}}</ref>

*Zeuxippe, a [[naiad]] [[nymph]] of [[Athens]] and the mother of [[Erechtheus]], [[Butes]], [[Procne]], [[Philomela]] and possibly [[Teuthras (mythology)|Teuthras]]<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#Th310.9 Thespeia]''</ref> by King [[Pandion I]]. She was the sister of [[Praxithea]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=14&highlight=Zeuxippe 3.14.8]</ref>
*Zeuxippe, the Athenian naiad-daughter of the [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river god]] [[Eridanos (Athens)|Eridanos]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.2 14]</ref> She was the mother of [[Butes]] by [[Teleon]].<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/126#1.71 1.72-73]</ref>
*Zeuxippe, a [[Sicyon|Sicyonian]] princess as the daughter of King [[Lamedon (mythology)|Lamedon]] (son of [[Coronus (Greek mythology)|Coronus]]) and [[Pheno]]. She was the wife of [[Sicyon (mythology)|Sicyon]] and the mother of [[Chthonophyle]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.6.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=2:chapter=6&highlight=Zeuxippe 2.6.5]</ref>
*Zeuxippe, daughter of [[Hippocoon]] and the mother of [[Oicles]] and [[Amphalces]] with [[Antiphates]].<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68 4.68.5]</ref>
*Zeuxippe, daughter of [[Athamas]] and possibly the mother of [[Ptous]] by [[Apollo]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.23.6&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=9:chapter=23&highlight=Ptous 9.23.6] (but see article on Ptous for discussion)</ref>
*Zeuxippe, a [[Troy|Trojan]] queen as the possible wife of King [[Laomedon of Troy|Laomedon]] and the mother of his children.<ref>Scholiast on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+3.225&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:book=3:chapter=225&highlight=Laomedon 3.250] as cited in [[Alcman]], [https://www.theoi.com/Text/LyraGraeca1B.html fr. 105]</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica|The Library of History]]'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]], ''The Greek Myths'', Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. {{ISBN|978-0143106715}}
*Graves, Robert, ''The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition.'' Penguin Books Limited. 2017. {{ISBN|978-0-241-98338-6|024198338X}}
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/241 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]

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