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Female name in Greek mythology

In Greek mythology, Zeuxippe (/zuːɡˈzɪpiː/; Ancient Greek: Ζευξίππη, romanized: 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."

Zeuxippe, a naiad nymph of Athens and the mother of Erechtheus, Butes, Procne, Philomela and possibly Teuthras by King Pandion I. She was the sister of Praxithea.
Zeuxippe, the Athenian naiad-daughter of the river god Eridanos. She was the mother of Butes by Teleon.
Zeuxippe, a Sicyonian princess as the daughter of King Lamedon (son of Coronus) and Pheno. She was the wife of Sicyon and the mother of Chthonophyle.
Zeuxippe, daughter of Hippocoon and the mother of Oicles and Amphalces with Antiphates.
Zeuxippe, daughter of Athamas and possibly the mother of Ptous by Apollo.
Zeuxippe, a Trojan queen as the possible wife of King Laomedon and the mother of his children.

Notes

American Reference Books Annual. Libraries Unlimited. 1992. ISBN 978-0-87287-964-5.
Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 167. ISBN 9780241983386.
Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Thespeia
Apollodorus, 3.14.8
Hyginus, Fabulae 14
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.72-73
Pausanias, 2.6.5
Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.5
Scholia on Pausanias, 9.23.6 (but see article on Ptous for discussion)
Scholiast on Homer, Iliad 3.250 as cited in Alcman, fr. 105

References

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Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Diodorus Siculus, 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 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
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Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0-241-98338-6, 024198338X
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