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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 ...
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 ...
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).
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]
Alternately, this Clymene was the wife of Iasus and mother by him of Atalanta. [32] She was one of the souls encountered by Odysseus in his journey to the underworld. [33] Clymene, wife of Merops of Miletus, and mother of Pandareus. [34] Clymene, possible mother of Myrtilus by Hermes. [35] Clymene, a nymph, mother of Tlesimenes by Parthenopaeus ...
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.
Oeneus was the son of King Porthaon and Euryte, and thus, brother of Agrius, Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus, and Sterope.He married Althaea and became the father of Deianeira, Meleager, [3] Toxeus, Clymenus, Periphas, Agelaus (or Ageleus), Thyreus (or Phereus or Pheres), Gorge, Eurymede, Melanippe and Perimede [4] (although Meleager's and Deianeira's fathers could also have been Ares and Dionysus ...
Eurymachus, son of Polybus, is the second of the suitors to appear in the epic.Eurymachus acts as a leader among the suitors because of his charisma. He is noted to be the most likely to win Penelope's hand because her father and brothers support the union and because he outdoes the other suitors in gift-giving.