The name Hippomenes may also refer to the father of Leimone.Atalanta and Hippomenes, Guido Reni, c. 1622–25
In Greek mythology, Hippomenes (/hɪˈpɒmɪniːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἱππομένης), also known as Melanion (/məˈlæniən/; Μελανίων or Μειλανίων),[1] was a son of the Arcadian Amphidamas[2] or of King Megareus of Onchestus[3] and the husband of Atalanta. He was known to have been one of the disciples of Chiron, and to have surpassed other disciples in his eagerness to undertake hard challenges.[4] Inscriptions mention him as one of the Calydonian hunters.[5]
^"Melanion" is used by Apollodorus, 3.9.2, Pausanias, 3.12.9; "Meilanion" occurs at Xenophon (On Hunting 1.2 & 7); "Hippomenes" occurs in Theocritus, Idyll 3.40; Euripides (as noted in the Bibliotheca l. c.; Euripides' work in question hasn't survived) and in most Roman authors. Ovid in Ars Amatoria (2.188) and Propertius, Elegies 1.1.9, use Milanion, apparently the Latin spelling for "Meilanion". It may have been that Melanion, son of Amphidamas, and Hippomenes, son of Megareus, were two distinct figures appearing in the same role interchangeably.
The name Hippomenes may also refer to the father of Leimone. In Greek mythology, Hippomenes (/hɪˈpɒmɪniːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἱππομένης), also known as Melanion...
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phrase is spoken by Hippomenes when contemplating whether to enter a foot race against Atalanta for her hand in marriage. If Hippomenes were to lose, however...
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goddess rides a chariot pulled by two lions, representing Atalanta and Hippomenes. It was moved to its current location and orientation in 1895. It has...
named Atalanta who raced against a suitor named Melanion, also known as Hippomenes. Melanion used golden apples to distract Atalanta so that he could win...
Drinking from the Jawbone of an Ass Ariadne Capitoline Museums Atalanta and Hippomenes, 1612, Prado, Madrid St Philip Neri in Ecstasy, 1614, Roman Oratory church...
raced all her suitors in an attempt to avoid marriage. She outran all but Hippomenes (also known as Melanion, a name possibly derived from melon, the Greek...
Right: Aphrodite handing the golden apples to Hippomenes. Bottom: Race between Atalanta and Hippomenes, with Atalanta picking up an apple. Behind them...
designs by Rubens, one representing The Fall of Icarus and the other Hippomenes and Atalanta, are in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid....
gave Hippomenes three golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides and instructed him to toss them in front of Atalanta as he raced her. Hippomenes obeyed...
just for a woman. However, Hippomenes caught a glimpse of Atalanta naked and was overcome by her beauty. Then, Hippomenes decided to challenge Atalanta...
1869, and Arion assis sur un dauphin, 1870, both by Ernest-Eugène Hiolle Hippomenes by Jean Antoine Injalbert Bust of Charles Baudelaire, by Pierre Félix...
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