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The name Hippomenes may also refer to the father of Leimone. Atalanta and Hippomenes, Guido Reni, c. 1622–25. In Greek mythology, Hippomenes (/ h ɪ ˈ p ɒ m ɪ n iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἱππομένης), also known as Melanion (/ m ə ˈ l æ n i ə n /; Μελανίων or Μειλανίων), [1] was a son of the Arcadian Amphidamas [2] or of King Megareus of Onchestus [3] and the ...
Atalanta (/ ˌ æ t ə ˈ l æ n t ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀταλάντη, romanized: Atalántē, lit. 'equal in weight') is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, [1] whose parents were Iasus and Clymene [2] [3] and who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts; [4] and the other from Boeotia, who ...
Antimache was of Arcadian descent as the daughter of Amphidamas and the sister of Melanion, husband of the heroine Atalanta. [1] Together with her husband Eurystheus, Antimache bore the following children: Admete, [2] Alexander, Iphimedon, Eurybius, Mentor, Perimedes, [3] and possibly, Eurypylus. [4]
Articles relating to Atalanta and her depictions. She was a heroine in Greek mythology.There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts; and the other from Boeotia, who is the daughter of King Schoeneus and is primarily noted for her skill in the footrace.
Parthenopaeus was the son of Atalanta by either her husband Hippomenes (Melanion), [6] [7] [8] or by Meleager, [9] or Ares. [10] A less common version makes him a son of Talaus and Lysimache [11] [12] (which would make him a close relative of the other members of the Seven and thereby a motive for his involvement in the war).
In Greek mythology, Tereus (/ ˈ t ɛ r i ə s, ˈ t ɪər j uː s /; Ancient Greek: Τηρεύς) was a Thracian king, [1] [2] the son of Ares and the naiad Bistonis. He was the brother of Dryas . Tereus was the husband of the Athenian princess Procne and the father of Itys .
Daughter of Chiron and Chariclo; possessed by Apollo in his quality as god of prophecy. She was metamorphosed into a mare. II: 637-675 [171] Olenus (1) Father of Tectaphus the Lapith. XII: 433 [172] Olenus (2) Husband to Lethaea with whom he was turned to stone. X: 68 [173] Ops: Sister and wife of Saturnus, and by him mother of Jupiter and the ...
Niobe's husband was Amphion, a son of Zeus and Antiope. Amphion's twin brother, Zethus, was a ruler of Thebes. Amphion became a great singer and musician after his lover Hermes taught him to play music and gave him a golden lyre. Zethus's wife and Niobe's sister-in-law was Aëdon, who had a single child, Itylus.