In Greek mythology, Hippalces was the father of the "ox-eyed" Clymene[1] by Aethra, daughter of Pittheus.[2][3] These women were handmaidens of Helen at Troy.[4]

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  1. ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 3.144
  2. ^ Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 6.2
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2083: attempt to index a boolean value.
  4. ^ Homer, Iliad 3.144; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.26.1 with reference to Stesichorus, The Sack of Troy; Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 1.3 & 5.13; Ovid, Heroides 17.267

References

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  • Bell, Robert E., Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. 1991. ISBN 9780874365818, 0874365813.
  • Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.