{{Short description|Greek mythological figures with similar names}}
In Greek mythology, the name '''Hyperochus''' ({{langx|grc|Ὑπέροχος|Hupérokhos|distinguished above all others}}) may refer to:
* Hyperochus, a son of Priam<ref>Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.12.5 3.12.5]; Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#90 90]</ref> * Hyperochus, possibly the father of Oenomaus by Sterope.<ref>Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://archive.org/details/lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/68/mode/2up 149], [https://archive.org/details/lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/100/mode/2up 219].</ref> * Hyperochus, a descendant of Magnes, son of Haemon, father of Tenthredon<ref>Eustathius on Homer, ''Iliad'' p. 338</ref> and thus grandfather of Prothous.<ref>Apollodorus, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.3.14&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 E.3.14]</ref><ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134:book=2:card=734&highlight=tenthredon 2.756]</ref><ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97]</ref><ref>Tzetzes, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' Prologue 634</ref> * Hyperochus, a Hyperborean whose ghost, alongside those of Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus) and a fellow Hyperborean Amadocus (or Laodocus), and possibly that of Phylacus, were believed to have terrorized the Gaul invaders during the historical battle at Delphi.<ref>Pausanias, 1.4.4 & 10.23.2</ref>
'''Hypeirochus''' (Ὑπείροχος) is a variant of the same name which refers to:
* Hypeirochus, a defender of Troy killed by Odysseus;<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.335</ref> may or may not be the same as the son of Priam. * Hypeirochus, father of Itymoneus; the latter was killed by Nestor in the war between the Pylians and the Eleans.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.672</ref>
==Notes== {{reflist}}
== References ==
* Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website]. *Gaius Julius Hyginus, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] *Homer, ''The Iliad'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library] * Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * Tzetzes, John, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-674-96785-4}} * Tzetzes, John, ''Lycophronis Alexandra. Vol. II: Scholia Continens'', edited by Eduard Scheer, Berlin, Weidmann, 1881. [https://archive.org/details/lycophronisalexa02lycouoft/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater Internet Archive].
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