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Hippocampe

and HIPPOCAMPUS (Ἱπποκάμμπή and Ἱππόκαμπος), the mythical sea-horse, which, according to the description of Pausanias (2.1), was a horse, but the part of its body down from the breast was that of a sea monster or fish. The horse appears even in the Homeric poems as the symbol of Poseidon, whose chariot was drawn over the surface of the sea by swift horses. The later poets and artists conceived and represented the horses of Poseidon and other marine divinities as a combination of a horse and a fish. (Hom. Il. 42.24, 29; Eur. Andr. 1012; Verg. G. 4.389; Philostr. Imag . 1.8; Stat. Theb. 2.45; comp. Welcker in the Class. Museum, vol. ii. p. 394.)

William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

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