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Nicippe, also Nikippe (Νικίππη) is a name attributed to several women in Greek mythology.

  • Nicippe, one of the fifty daughters of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son, Antimachus.
  • Nicippe, daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia. She married Sthenelus and bore him Alcyone, Medusa, and Eurystheus. She is also known as Antibia or Archippe
  • Nicippe, a priestess of Demeter in Dotion, Thessaly. Demeter assumes her shape to try to stop Erysichthon from cutting down the sacred grove.

    • Also known is one apparently historical figure of this name:

  • Nicippe, daughter of Paseas, who dedicated a statue to Aphrodite Symmachia at the temple in Mantinea which was founded to commemorate the alliance of the Mantineans with the Romans in the Battle of Actium.

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