Hyperochus

In Greek mythology, the name Hyperochus (Ancient Greek: Ὑπέροχος) may refer to:

Hypeirochus (Ὑπείροχος) is a variant of the same name which refers to:

  • Hypeirochus, a defender of Troy killed by Odysseus;[5] may or may not be the same as the son of Priam.
  • Hypeirochus, father of Itymoneus; the latter was killed by Nestor in the war between the Pylians and the Eleans.[6]

References

  1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 12. 5; Hyginus, Fabulae, 90
  2. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 149, 219
  3. Eustathius on Homer, p. 338
  4. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 4. 4.; 10. 23. 2
  5. Homer, Iliad, 11. 335
  6. Homer, Iliad, 11. 672
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