Nicippe

Nicippe, also Nikippe (Ancient Greek: Νικίππη) is a name attributed to several women in Greek mythology.

Also known is one apparently historical figure of this name:

  • Nicippe, daughter of Paseas, who dedicated a statue to Aphrodite Symmachia at the temple in Mantinea which was founded to commemorate the alliance of the Mantineans with the Romans in the Battle of Actium.[6]

References

  1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.7.8.
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.4.5.
  3. Scholia on Homer, Iliad 19.119
  4. Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.172 & 195
  5. Callimachus, Hymn 5 to Demeter, 42 ff
  6. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 9. 6
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