Hippomachus or Hippomakhos or Hippomachos (Ancient Greek: Ἱππόμαχον or Ἱππόμαχος means "fighting on horseback, trooper") may refer to:
Hippomachus, a Trojan warrior and son of Antimachus.Homer, Iliad 12.189 He was the brother of Hippolochus, Pisander,Homer, Iliad 11.122 & 138 and Tisiphone.Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.406 During the Trojan War, Hippomachus was killed by Leonteus, leader of the Lapiths, who smote him with a cast of his spear, striking him upon the girdle.Homer, Iliad 12.188–189 Hippomachus, one of the Suitors of Penelope. He came from Zacynthos along with other 43 wooers.Apollodorus, Epitome 7.29 Hippomachus was ultimately killed by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus, after returning from his 10-year journey.Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33 Hippomachus, the father of Perineike, mother of the Argonaut Iphitos and Antiphanteia by Naubolus.Apollonius Rhodius, 1.207, scholia Hippomachus of Elis, an ancient Greek who won three opponents in an Olympic boxing competition for boys without receiving a blow.Suda, iota, 572
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