Hippomenes

[hi-pom-uh-neez]

noun Classical Mythology.

the successful suitor of Atalanta.

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Historical Examples of hippomenes

Looking about me, I found a brig called the Hippomenes, bound to Gibraltar, and back.
Ned Myers
James Fenimore Cooper
The people cheered on Hippomenes, eager that such valor should win.
Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew
Josephine Preston Peabody
At that instant Hippomenes tossed ahead one of the golden apples.
Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew
Josephine Preston Peabody
Elsewhere Hippomenes delivers himself of a superexcellent pun.
A Book of Burlesque
Willam Davenport Adams
She stooped to pick it up, and Hippomenes regained the lead.
Greek Women
Mitchell Carroll

British Dictionary definitions for hippomenes

Hippomenes

noun

Greek myth the husband, in some traditions, of Atalanta

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