Lysippe

This article is about various figures in Greek mythology. For the worm genus, see Ampharetinae. For the butterfly, see Argynnis ruslana lysippe. For the hymenopteran insect, see Aprostocetus.

Lysippe (/laɪˈsɪpi/; Ancient Greek: Λυσίππη Lusíppē) is the name of several different women in Greek mythology:

• Lysippe, the Amazon mother of the river god Tanais.^[1][2]
• Lysippe, other name for Cydippe, daughter of King Ormenus of Rhodes and wife of her uncle Cercaphus.^[3]
• Lysippe, the daughter of Proetus and Stheneboea. Along with her sisters Iphinoe and Iphianassa, she was driven mad, believing herself to be a cow. This was either because they would not receive the rites of Dionysus, or they scorned the divinity of Hera. They also lost their beauty: they were afflicted with skin diseases and their hair dropped out. They were cured by Melampus, the son of Amythaon.^[4]
• Lysippe, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede^[5] or by one of his many wives.^[6] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,^[7] Lysippe with her other sisters, except for one,^[8] all laid with the hero in a night,^[9] a week^[10] or for 50 days^[11] as what their father strongly desired it to be.^[12] Lysippe bore Heracles a son, Erasippus.^[13]
• Lysippe, wife of Prolaus of Elis.^[14]
• Lysippe, possible name for the wife of Talaus.^[15]