In Greek mythology, Hipponoe (The name is the combination of Hippo- (derived from hippos), means "horse" and -noe (derived from noos / nous), means "mind," "spirit," or "temper/ disposition." Because her father was a sea god, her name's equestrian imagery ("temper of horses") was used by the ancient Greeks as a poetic metaphor for the wild, untamed power and crashing nature of sea waves. ) was the "rosy-armed" Nereid,Hesiod, Theogony 251 marine-nymph daughter of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.Apollodorus, 1.2.7 Her name means or 'the temper of horses' (i.e. waves).
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