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Hypsĭpylē , ēs, f., = Ὑψιπύλη,
I.daughter of Thoas, queen of Lemnos in the time of the Argonauts; she saved her father when the women killed all the men; she also entertained Jason, Stat. Th. 4, 739 sq.; Ov. H. 6, 1 sq.; Val. Fl. 2, 90 sq.; Prop. 1, 15, 18: “Hypsipyles patria,” i. e. Lemnos, Ov. M. 13, 399.—Hence, Hypsĭpylēus , a, um, adj.: “tellus,” i. e. Lemnos, Ov. F. 3, 82.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.399
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 2.90
    • Statius, Thebias, 4
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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