A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Νικίππη).

1. A daughter of Pelops, and the wife. of Sthenelus, by whom she became the mother of Alcinoe, Medusa, and Eurystheus. (Apollod. 2.4.5.) It should be remarked that some call her Leucippe, Archippe, or Astydameia. (Heyne, ad Apollod. l.c.; Schol. ad Thuc. 1.9.)