Hippomenes

Hippŏmĕnes, ae, m., = Ἱππομένης,

• son of Megareus, who conquered Atalanta, the daughter of Schoeneus, in a race, and thus obtained her as his wife, Ov. M. 10, 575 sq.; 632; Hyg. Fab. 185; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 113.

Hippomenēs, ae, m. (Ἱππομένης), I) der Gemahl der Atalanta, des Schöneus Tochter (s. 1. Atalanta), Ov. met. 10, 575 sqq. Priap. 15, 1. Hyg. fab. 185. Serv. Verg. Aen. 3, 113: Vok. Hippomene, Ov. met. 10, 632. – II) Vater der Limone, wovon Hippomenēis, idis, f., die Hippomenëide (Tochter des Hippomenes) = Limone, Ov. Ib. 333.

Hippŏmĕnēs, (15) æ, m. (Ἱππομένης), fils de Mégarée et de Mérope, [vainquit Atalante à la course et lʼépousa] : Ov. M. 10, 575 || père de Limoné, v. Hippomeneis.

Hippo'menes

(Ἱππομένης), a son of Megareus of Onchestus, and a great grandson of Poseidon. (Ov. Met. 10.605.) Apollodorus (3.15.8) calls the son of Hippomenes Megareus. (Comp. [Atalante, No. 2].) [L.S]

Hippo'menes

(Ἱππομένης). a descendant of Codrus, the fourth and last of the decennial archons. Incensed at the barbarous punishment which he inflicted on his daughter and her paramour, the Attic nobles rose against and deposed him, razing his house to the ground. The archonship after this was thrown open to the whole body of nobles. (Heracl. Pont. de Pol. i.; Nicolaus Damasc. p. 42.) [C.P.M]

Hippomĕnes

(Ἱππομένης). (1) Son of Megareus and great-grandson of Poseidon. He conquered Atalanta in a foot-race. (See Atalanta.)

(2) A descendant of Codrus, the fourth and last of the decennial archons. Incensed at the barbarous punishment which he inflicted on his daughter and her paramour, the Attic nobles deposed him.

Hippomenes Hippomenes, a Medontid

• archon at Athens: Paus. 4.13.7

Hippomenes(2), father of Megareus

• Apollod. 3.15.7

Hippomenes(3), husband of Atalanta

• according to Euripides: Apollod. 3.9.2, Apollod. vol. 1.403