Zeuxippus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Zeuxippus (Ζεύξιππος) may refer to:

• Zeuxippus, son of Apollo and the nymph Syllis (or Hyllis, daughter of Hyllus and Iole^[1]). He succeeded Phaestus as the king of Sicyon, and was in turn succeeded by Hippolytus.^[2]

• Zeuxippus, father of Pieris or Tereis, herself mother of Megapenthes by Menelaus.^[3][4]

• Zeuxippus, son of Eumelus and grandson of Admetus. His own son was Harmenius, himself father of Henioche.^[5]

References

1. Ibycus, Fragment 282a. 41
2. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 6. 7
3. Scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 4. 12
4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 11. 1 for the daughter's name
5. Scholia on Plato, Symposium, 208d, citing Hellanicus