Hippomenes
Americannoun
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the successful suitor of Atalanta.
noun
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Greek myth the husband, in some traditions, of Atalanta
Example Sentences
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In 1987, he appropriated her masterpiece, a monumental work of photographic performance art around the Cibeles Fountain in the city, based on the myth of Hippomenes and Atalanta, to make a kind of campaign poster.
From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2020
When a suitor, Hippomenes, challenges Atalanta, he lures her off course with three golden apples.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2019
Atalanta’s greed costs her the race and she is forced to marry Hippomenes.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2019
Some of his key paintings, such as the Prado's extraordinary Atalanta and Hippomenes, in which he achieved a grand synthesis of Caravaggism and classical diction, are missing from Fort Worth.
From Time Magazine Archive
The signal was given and Atalanta darted forward along the sand of the shore near Venus' temple with Hippomenes at her side.
From Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls by Bailey, Carolyn Sherwin
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