Hypseus’s Family Tree

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Family

• Chlidanope(spouse),Cyrene(child)— Marriage

  Hypseus, king of the Lapiths, married the naiad Chlidanope. Their daughter Cyrene became renowned as a fearless huntress in Thessaly.

• Peneus(parent)

  The river god Peneus fathered Hypseus, who became king of the Lapiths in Thessaly. Through Hypseus, Peneus was grandfather to the huntress Cyrene.

Member of

• Lapiths

  The Lapiths, the legendary Thessalian tribe, counted among their members King Hypseus, his daughter Cyrene, and the invulnerable warrior Caeneus.