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Encyclopedia > Melanippe

In Greek mythology, Melanippe referred to several different people.

  1. Mother or lover of Aeolus
  2. Daughter of Althaea and Oeneus, one of the Meleagrids. She was turned into a guinea pig by Artemis after the death of her brother, Meleager.
  3. Sister of Hippolyte and daughter of Ares. Heracles captured her and demanded Hippolyte's girdle in exchange for her freedom. Hippolyte complied and Heracles let her go.

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MELANIPPE : Oread nymph of Mt Pelion in Magnesia ; Greek mythology ; constellation Pegasus : OKYRRHOE (818 words)
MELANIPPE : Oread nymph of Mt Pelion in Magnesia ; Greek mythology ; constellation Pegasus : OKYRRHOE
MELANIPPE or OKYRRHOE was a prophetic nymph daughter of the kentauros (centaur) Kheiron.
She was transformed into a mare by Zeus for revealing the secrets of the gods and placed in the heavens as the constellation Pegasus.
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Melanippe, sister of Hippolyte, went out to confront Heracles, but was captured in the ambush.
Melanippe was probably the same person as Antiope, sister of Hippolyte.
According to Apollonius, Melanippe was the sister of the Amazon Queen, Hippolyte, who ruled during the time of the 9th labour of Heracles, fetching the girdle of Hippolyte.
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