Hippothoon

Hippothoön

(Ἱπποθόων). An Attic hero, son of Poseidon and Alopé, daughter of Cercyon. After him one of the Attic tribes was called Hippothoöntis. He had a shrine at Athens.

Hippothoon Hippothoon, son of Poseidon and Alope

• Paus. 1.39.3
• eponymous hero of Athenian tribe: Paus. 1.5.2, Paus. 1.38.4
• his shrine: Paus. 1.38.4