Hippocoon

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Hippocoon is a figure in Greek mythology, a Spartan prince who usurped the throne of Sparta and was later overthrown by Heracles.

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Label Occurrences
Hippocoon canonical 7

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spartan prince
figure in Greek mythology
associatedCity Sparta
associatedPlace Laconia
causeOfDeath killed in battle by Heracles
children Alcimus
Alcinous
Bucolus
Demonassa
Dorycleus
Enarophorus
Eurybius
Eurytus
Harpalus
Hippothous
Lycaethus
Lycon
Scaeus
expelled Icarius
Tyndareus
father Oebalus
gender male
house royal house of Sparta
linked to: Agiad dynasty
killedBy Heracles
mentionedIn Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Pausanias' Description of Greece
mother Bateia
linked to: Batea
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology
mythType royal usurper
notableEnemy Heracles
Tyndareus
notableEvent death in Heracles' campaign against Sparta
usurpation of the Spartan throne
opposedHero Heracles
overthrownBy Heracles
positionHeld king of Sparta
restoredThroneTo Tyndareus (after his death, through Heracles)
linked to: Tyndareus
ruledIn Sparta
sibling Icarius
Tyndareus
usurped throne of Sparta

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tyndareus sibling Hippocoon
Tyndareus expelledBy Hippocoon
Gorgophone child Hippocoon
Icarius sibling Hippocoon
Oebalus fatherOf Hippocoon
Mestor hasChild Hippocoon
Oebalus of Sparta child Hippocoon