Nicippe

Mortal Pelopid princess, daughter of Pelops and Hippodamia; wife of Sthenelus of Mycenae and mother of Eurystheus, the taskmaster of Heracles, whose premature birth Hera contrived. Through her the Pelopid and Perseid houses are joined a generation before the Atreidae take Mycenae.

Parentage

• paternal: Pelops
• maternal: Hippodamia

Children

• Eurystheus

Domains

• queenship

Relations

• spouse: SthenelusWife of Sthenelus.Apollod. 2.4.5 (primary)
• mother of: EurystheusMother of Eurystheus.Apollod. 2.4.5; Hom. Il. 19.116-119 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Apollodorus 2.4.5; Homer Iliad 19.95-133 (the hastened birth of Eurystheus); scholia Hom. Il. 19.116; Hyg. Fab. 244 (primary)
• parentage: Apollod. 2.4.5 (daughter of Pelops, wife of Sthenelus) (primary)