(Ἱππομέδων; Hippomédōn).
[1] One of the Seven against Thebes
One of the Seven against Thebes, brother or nephew of Adrastus [1], from Lerna, hero of gigantic size. In Aeschylus (Sept. 486ff.), he stands against Hyperbius at the Oncaean Gate, in Euripides (Phoen. 1113ff.; 119ff.), at the Ogygian Gate and at the head of the army. The motif on his shield is Typhon or Argus [II]. Euripides (Suppl. 881ff.) depicts him as a warrior limited to ph…