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Nicippe
Nicippe
, also
Nikippe
is a name attributed to several
women
in
Greek mythology
.
Nicippe, one of the fifty daughters of
Thespius
and
Megamede
. She bore
Heracles
a son,
Antimachus
.
Nicippe,
daughter
of
Pelops
and
Hippodamia
. She
married
Sthenelus
and bore him
Alcyone
, Medusa, and
Eurystheus
. She is also known as
Antibia
or
Archippe
Nicippe, a
priestess
of
Demeter
in Dotion,
Thessaly
. Demeter assumes her
shape
to
try
to
stop
Erysichthon
from cutting down the
sacred grove
.
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
.
