Hippodamia
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Wikidata facts
- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Pelops
- Father
- Oenomaus
- Image
- Pelops and Hippodamia; Base relief, Metropolitan Museum, New York City.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hippodamia (daughter of Oenomaus)
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- name in native language
- Ἱπποδάμεια
- culture
- Ancient Greece
- different from
- Hippodamie
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Encyclopedic overview
Pelops and Hippodamia from the east pediment of the Temple of Zeus in Olympia.
Hippodamia (/ˌhɪpoʊdəˈmaɪ.ə/, /hɪˌpɒdə-/; also Hippodamea and Hippodameia; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποδάμεια "she who masters horses" derived from ἵππος hippos "horse" and δαμάζειν damazein "to tame") was a Greek mythological figure, the daughter of Oenomaus. She was the queen of Pisa and the wife of Pelops, appearing with Pelops at a potential cult site in Ancient Olympia.
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