Hippothoon
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thumb|Hippothoon and his mother Alope on a 1787 engraving.
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thumb|Hippothoon and his mother Alope on a 1787 engraving.
Hippothoon (; ) or Hippothous is a figure in Greek mythology, often described as the king of Eleusis, succeeding to the throne after the death of Cercyon. He is the Attic hero and the eponym of the Athenian phyle called Hippothoontis (Ιπποθοωντίς).
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