The name Ctesippus may also refer to a character in Plato's Euthydemus and Lysis, and to a historical figure, see Leptines and Against Leptines.

In Greek mythology, the name Ctesippus (/tɪˈsɪp.əs/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Κτήσιππος means 'possessing horses') may refer to:

Ctessipus, son of Heracles by Deianira.^[2] He was the father of Thrasyanor, grandfather of Antimachus and great-grandfather of Deiphontes.^[3] Thersander, son of Agamedidas, is also given as his great-grandson.^[4]
Ctesippus, another son of Heracles by Astydameia the daughter of Amyntor or Ormenius.^[5]
Ctessipus, two of the suitors of Penelope, one from Same, and the other from Ithaca.^[6] The rich and "lawless" Ctesippus of Same, son of Polytherses, who has 'fabulous wealth' appears in the Odyssey; he mocks the disguised Odysseus and hurls a bull's hoof at him as a 'gift', mocking xenia, though Odysseus dodges this. Telemachus says if he had hit the guest, he would have run Ctesippus through with his spear.^[7] Later, in the battle between Odysseus and the suitors, Ctesippus attempts to kill Eumaeus with a spear, but misses due to Athena's intervention, though scratches Eumaeus's shoulder, and is thereupon himself killed by Philoetius, who thus avenges the disrespect towards his master.^[8]

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v t e Characters in the Odyssey
House of Odysseus	Penelope (wife) Telemachus (son) Ctimene (sister) Anticlea (mother) Laërtes (father) Autolycus (grandfather) Eurycleia (chief servant) Mentor (advisor) Phemius (musician) Eumaeus (swineherd) Philoetius (cowherd) Melanthius (goatherd) Melantho (maid) Medon (herald) Argos (pet dog)
Other monarchs and royals	Alcinous of Phaeacia Antiphates, king of the Laestrygones Aretus Arete of Phaeacia Deucalion of Crete Echetus Nestor of Pylos Echephron Perseus Stratichus Peisistratus Menelaus of Sparta Helen Princess Nausicaa of Phaeacia Laodamas Agamemnon of Mycenae Idomeneus Mentes Thrasymedes
Gods	Aeolus Athena Calypso Circe Helios Hermes Leucothea Poseidon Zeus Oceanus Old Man of the Sea
Suitors	Agelaus Amphimedon Amphinomus Antinous Ctesippus Demoptolemus Eurymachus Leodes Perimedes
Others	Achilles Ajax Anticlus Antiphus Cyclopes Polyphemus Demodocus Dolius Elpenor Eupeithes Euryalus Eurylochus Halitherses Heracles Irus Kikonians Laestrygones Mesaulius Polites Polydamna Scylla Charybdis Sirens Tiresias Theoclymenus

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