Hippeus (mythology)

For other uses, see Hippeis.

In Greek mythology, Hippeus (Ancient Greek: Ἱππεύς means "one who fights from a chariot") was the Thespian son of Heracles and Procris,^[1] eldest daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae.^[2] He was the twin brother of Antileon.

Mythology

Hippeus and his 49 brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night,^[3] for a week^[4] or in the course of 50 days^[5] while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion.^[6] Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in Thebes while the remaining forty, joined by Iolaus, were dispatched to the island of Sardinia to found a colony.^[7]