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πŸ‘€ Hippomenes (h. of Atalante)

  • Hippomenes and Melanion should be treated as separate figures, although both were husbands of Atalante. So, Gantz p. 337 β€œThus it appears that a Melanion distinct from Hippomenes wins the love of this Arkadian Atalanta by sheer devotion, rather than speed or the wiles of Aphrodite."
  • Information
    husband of Atalante
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1455747
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/49189
    LIMC headword
    Hippomedon
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/uHUiDxA1TluZo45RgAj2Fgx
    Gender
    Male
    Experiences
    Undergoes metamorphosis
    Death
    Death is narrated
    Son of
    πŸ‘€ Megareus (Boiotian & Megarian) eponym and king of Megara, originally from Boiotian Onchestos
    Husband of
    πŸ‘€ Atalante Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ Atalante Calydonian boar hunter, ArgonautπŸ‘€ Aphrodite Olympian goddessπŸ‘€ Schoineus (f. of Atalante) Boiotian, eponym of Schoinos, father of Atalante🏺 the Golden Apples of Aphrodite used to defeat AtalanteπŸ‘€ Cybele (goddess) 'Mother of the Gods'πŸ‘€ Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘€ Megareus (Boiotian & Megarian) eponym and king of Megara, originally from Boiotian Onchestos🌍 Onchestos (Boiotia) city in BoiotiaπŸ›οΈ the Golden Tree at Tamassos (Cyprus) source of the golden apples used to distract Atalante🌍 Boiotia region on the Greek mainlandπŸ›οΈ the Temple of Cybele (Boiotia?) built by Echion, where Atalante and Hippomenes have sex according to Ovid, likely intended to be in Boiotia
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.9.2πŸ“– Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 48 MostπŸ“– Heracleitos, On Unbelievable Stories 12πŸ“– Ovid, Ibis 371-372πŸ“– Ovid, Ibis 457-458πŸ“– Callimachus fr. 412 PfeifferπŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.560-10.637πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.638-10.704πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 16.213-16.378πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 21
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, EhoiaiHeracleitos, On Unbelievable StoriesOvid, IbisCallimachusOvid, MetamorphosesOvid, Heroides
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Hesiod, Ehoiai
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 50 Most
    Commentary
    Hippomenes and Melanion should be treated as separate figures, although both were husbands of Atalante. So, Gantz p. 337 β€œThus it appears that a Melanion distinct from Hippomenes wins the love of this Arkadian Atalanta by sheer devotion, rather than speed or the wiles of Aphrodite."
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