Hippopodes
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The Hippopodes in Medieval bestiaries
were a race of humanoids with horses' hooves. According to Pliny the Elder
, they shared an island with two other legendary races: the Panotti
and Oeonae
.
Bestiary
A bestiary, or Bestiarum vocabulum is a compendium of beasts. Bestiaries were made popular in the Middle Ages in illustrated volumes that described various animals, birds and even rocks. The natural history and illustration of each beast was usually accompanied by a moral lesson...
were a race of humanoids with horses' hooves. According to Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus , better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
, they shared an island with two other legendary races: the Panotti
Panotti
The Panotii were a mythical human race, described as possessing large ears that covered their entire bodies.-Pliny the Elder:In A.D...
and Oeonae
Oeonae
Oeonae or Oönæ were a mythical human race, said to subsist exclusively on birds' eggs and oats, and sharing an island with the Panotti and Hippopodes....
.