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    Hippomenes (redirect from Melanion)
    mythology, Hippomenes (/hɪˈpɒmɪniːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἱππομένης), also known as Melanion (/məˈlæniən/; Μελανίων or Μειλανίων), was a son of the Arcadian Amphidamas...
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    huntress named Atalanta who raced against a suitor named Melanion, also known as Hippomenes. Melanion used golden apples to distract Atalanta so that he could...
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  • Greek mythology, Melanion (/məˈlæniən/; Ancient Greek: Μελανίων) or Meilanion (Μειλανίων) may refer to two distinct characters: Melanion, the Lacedaemonian...
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    to stay a virgin. Generally thus named in antiquity, but also known as Melanion. "Aelian: Various Histories. Book XIII, Ch. 1". penelope.uchicago.edu....
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    Miletus melanion is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found on the Philippines. Miletus melanion melanion (Philippines) Miletus melanion euphranor...
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  • Mecometopus melanion is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Bates in 1885. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the...
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    attempt to avoid marriage. She outran all but Hippomenes (also known as Melanion, a name possibly derived from melon, the Greek word for both "apple" and...
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    approval by the Old Women in response to the Old Men's favourable mention of Melanion, a legendary misogynist Orsilochus and Pellene: An Athenian pimp and a...
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    in an attempt to avoid marriage. She outran all but Hippomenes (a.k.a. Melanion, a name possibly derived from melon the Greek word for both "apple" and...
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  • Hegesandra, daughter of King Amyclas of Sparta. Boethoos was the brother of Melanion and Alector. He was the father of Eteoneus, the man who helped Odysseus...
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    on her holy mountains, transformed the vessels into sea nymphs. After Melanion won the hand of Atalanta in marriage thanks to the help he received from...
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  • (Greek) - (Roman) Arjuna and Draupadi (Hindu) Atalanta and Hippomenes/Melanion (Greek) Balarama and Revati (Hindu) Bhima and Draupadi (Hindu) Bhima and...
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  • Parthenopaeus was the son of Atalanta by either her husband Hippomenes (Melanion), or by Meleager, or Ares. A less common version makes him a son of Talaus...
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  • was of Arcadian descent as the daughter of Amphidamas and the sister of Melanion, husband of the heroine Atalanta. Together with her husband Eurystheus...
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  • Ryūjinmaru) Record of Lodoss War (1990, Captain Jebra) Sol Bianca (1990–1992, Melanion) Blazing Transfer Student (1991, Saburō Ibuki) RG Veda (1991, Komoku-ten)...
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    Atalanta and Melanion Lions Rhea/Cybele or Zeus Although Aphrodite assisted Melanion into tricking Atalanta into marrying him, Melanion did not thank...
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  • put to death. The hero Melanion (also known as Hippomenes) wooed Atalanta, who fell in love with him. During the race, Melanion threw a golden apple to...
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  • ("The Man From Leucas") Lydos ("The Man From Lydia") Medeia ("Medea") Melanion Meleagros ("Meleager") Melitta ("The Bee") Metoikos ("Resident Alien")...
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    just behind Meleager, for not hunting in a manly way; beside Atalanta is Melanion, the man who won her hand in marriage either by his prowess as a hunter...
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  • thus brother of Ancaeus, Epochus and Iasus. Amphidamas had two children: Melanion, the husband of Atalanta, and Antimache who married King Eurystheus of...
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  • married Argeius, son of King Pelops of Pisa. The couple had three sons: Melanion, Alector and Boethoos. Scholia ad Homer, Odyssey 4.10 & 22; Pherecydes...
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  • Pelops) and Hegesandra, daughter of King Amyclas. He has two brothers, Melanion and Boethoos. Alector was the father of Iphiloche (or Echemela), who married...
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    was renowned for her beauty and was sought by many suitors, including Melanion or Hippomenes, whom she married after he defeated her in a foot race. According...
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    Pricks Her Finger, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and Atalanta and Melanion. In the 1890s Batten illustrated a series of fairy tale collections edited...
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    saying? Lady in Lilac The Light of the Harem The Race between Atlanta and Melanion An Eastern Beauty, 1862 A Young Woman in Distress Attended by her Maid...
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  • King Amyclas' daughter, Hegesandra and became the father of three sons: Melanion, Alector and Boethoos. Argeus, son of Licymnius and brother of Melas. He...
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    Miletus nymphis (Fruhstorfer, 1913) melanion species group Miletus bazilanus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) Miletus melanion C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 symethus...
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  • matagalpa Flint, 1995 i c g Wormaldia mediana McLachlan, 1878 i c g Wormaldia melanion Schmid, 1991 i c g Wormaldia moesta (Banks, 1914) i c b Wormaldia moselyi...
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    1949 Telicota laruta Evans, 1934 Telicota linna Evans, 1949 Telicota melanion (Mabille, 1878) Telicota mesoptis Lower, 1911 Telicota mimena Parsons,...
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    Miletus atimonicus Murayama & Okamura, 1973 Miletus melanion C. Felder & R. Felder, [1865] M. m. melanion C. Felder & R. Felder, [1865] (Lz, Mi, N, Pn) M...
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