Taraxippus
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, the Taraxippos (; plural: taraxippoi, "horse disturber", latinized as Taraxippus; Latin equorum conturbator) was a presence, variously identified as a ghost or dangerous site, blamed for frightening horses at hippodromes throughout Greece. Some taraxippoi were associated with the Greek hero cults or with Poseidon in his aspect as a god of horses () who brought about the death of Hippolytus. Pausanias, the ancient source offering the greatest number of explanations, regards it as an epithet rather than a single entity.
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It sits within the topics Ancient Greek religion, Ancient Olympia and Greek ghosts.
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In Greek mythology, the Taraxippos (; plural: taraxippoi, "horse disturber", latinized as Taraxippus; Latin equorum conturbator) was a presence, variously identified as a ghost or dangerous site, blamed for frightening horses at hippodromes throughout Greece. Some taraxippoi were associated with the Greek hero cults or with Poseidon in his aspect as a god of horses () who brought about the death of Hippolytus. Pausanias, the ancient source offering the greatest number of explanations, regards it as an epithet rather than a single entity.
==Origin== The most notorious of the taraxippoi was the Taraxippos Olympios at Olympia. Pausanias describes the site:
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