“ -and Mestor had Hippothoe by Lysidice, daughter of Pelops. This Hippothoe was carried off by Poseidon, who brought her to the Echinadian Islands, and there had intercourse with her, and begat Taphius, who colonized Taphos and called the people Teleboans, because he had gone far from his native land. And Taphius had a son Pterelaus, whom Poseidon made immortal by implanting a golden hair in his head.4 And to Pterelaus were born sons, to wit, Chromius, Tyrannus, Antiochus, Chersidamas, Mestor, and Eueres.”
Apollodorus, The Library
Thinking about Hippothoe rn, she was Perseus and Andromeda’s granddaughter, not their distant descendant but their granddaughter so they likely personally knew her. The wording here is vague which is annoying but its most likely a kidnapping. If anyone knows the original wording and what Apollodorus meant by ‘carried off’ pls let me know.
One has to wonder if this is a less extreme version of Europa’s story, in that a beautiful princess was kidnapped and impregnated by a god and whose child became someone important. But at least here it doesn’t seem to suggest that Hippothoe was completely cut off from her family, after all her grandchildren seem to be in touch with their relatives (for better or worse) perhaps Mestor found her and helped establish Taphos until Taphius came of age?
Not to be a bitch ass hater again but why have Poseidon be predatory towards Andromeda when we have at least one source telling us he was predatory towards her granddaughter? Let me tell you I’d be SHOCKED if Hippothoe is mentioned in that retelling bc I highly doubt the author did enough research to know about her.
