#hippodamia

[sarafangirlart]

Whatever, Hippodamia sketch

[katerinaaqu]

Friendly reminder that "Briseis" is a patronymic that means "daughter of Brises" and "Chryseis" means "daughter of Chryses"

Some scholia of the Iliad mention that Briseis's actual name is Ἱπποδάμεια (Hippodameia) and Chryseis's name is Ἀστυνόμη (Astynome)

Ἱπποδάμεια -> ἵππος (horse) + δαμάζειν (to tame) = Tamer of Horses

Ἀστυνόμη -> ἄστυ (city) + νόμος (law) = Law of the City

Both names are also apparently referencing other figures in Greek mythology including but not limited to Hippodameia of Oinomaus and Astynome one of the Niobides.

That's it.

[moonstruckdraws]

wow I can't believe @sarafangirlart made me do this guys.. crazy... (this post)

Today was just full of sad headcannons and somehow it made me feel better lmao

[not my designs btw]

[bcowlick]

Random man: A whole sport league?? Of women?! Queen Hippodamia, there's no possible way you really plan to bring such a ridiculous idea to fruition!

Hippodamia: Not to worry, i have a permit

Random man: This is just a piece of paper that says "Hippodamia can do whatever she wants" signed by king Pelops

[scuorge10]

Hippodamia

[aliciavance4228]

I was thinking about how Hippodamia literally means tamer of horses and almost all female figures from Greek Mythology with this name have either a metaphoric or direct connection with horses (Ex: Pirithous' wife who was raped by centaurs during their wedding). But for Hippodamia wife of Pelops specifically the meaning behind it can be actually much more disturbing and disgusting since her father Oenamaus was extremely possessive towards her (and depending on the sources he probably groomed her as well), and used to kill all of her suitors in horse races while she was all dressed up as a bride, before getting defeated by Pelops. And for those who don't know back in Ancient Greece having the bride being carried by the groom with a chariot was the most common wedding custom, and symbolized how she was no longer her father's property but her husband's (we're talking here about an ancient patriarchal society so yeah...). So Oenamaus not only killing her suitors, but also doing that in a way that reflected a wedding custom of that time period that included horses and naming his daughter Hippodamia as well could basically imply how he objectified her in a way that requires her to be tamed just like a horse.

[cinematropes]

Another set of cousins! This time around: Briseis and Chryseis

[galusandmalus]

pelops is uniroincally the power of bisexuality. survives and wins with help from Hippodamia and her love, as well as poseidons chariot, and the ghost of his best friend whosch i like to believe was his friend in many ways sexualmal