Dorceus (Son of Hippocoon )

Dorceus (ancient Greek Δορκεύς) is a person from Greek mythology.

He is the son of Hippocoon from Amyclae. Pausanias tells of Heroa of the sons of the Hippocoon who were in Sparta behind a portico next to a group of plane trees. In the group of plane trees was a heroon of the Olympian Cyniska, who was venerated there as a cultural heroine of horse breeding. In addition to Dorceus, the hippocoon sons Alcimus, Enaraephorus and Sebros were venerated. [1] Next to the Heroon of Dorceus was a well, which was named Dorceia after him, and a nearby square was named after Zebrus Sebrion. [2]

A myth about the sons of Hippokon is depicted in the library of Apollodorus, but there are more than four of them and they have different names. Together with his sons Dorykleus, Skaios, Enarophoros, Bukolos, Euteiches, Lykaithos, Tebros, Hippothoos, Eurytos, Hippokorystes, Alkinos and Alkon, Hippokoon drives the rulers of Sparta, Ikarios and Tyndareos out of the city. Hippocoon and all his sons are killed by Heracles, whereupon Tyndareus takes control again. [3]

Dorceus can probably be identified with Dorycleus from the library, as well as Sebrus with Tebrus.

literature

Richard Wagner: Dorkeus 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 2, Stuttgart 1905, column 1567 (digitized version).
Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll: Dorkeus 1. In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology. Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1198 (digitized version).

Remarks
Pausanias 3, 15, 1.
Pausanias 3:15, 2.
Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 10, 5.

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