Hippo

, a daughter of Scedasus, who, upon being ravished by the amba adors of Sparta, killed herself, cursing the city that gave birth to such men. Pausanias , bk. 9 , ch. 13 .――A celebrated town of Africa, on the Mediterranean. Silius Italic us , bk. 3 , li. 252 .―― Strabo , bk. 17 , says that there are two of the same name in Africa, one of which, by way of distinction, is called Regius . Pliny , bk. 5 , ch. 3 ; bk. 9 , ch. 8 .— Mela , bk. 1 , ch. 7 .— Livy , bk. 29 , chs. 3 & 32.――Also a town of Spain. Livy , bk. 39 , ch. 30 .――Of the Brutii.