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Hippomenes

[hi-pom-uh-neez]
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noun Classical Mythology.
  1. the successful suitor of Atalanta.
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Examples from the Web for hippomenes

Historical Examples

  • 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
  1. Greek myth the husband, in some traditions, of Atalanta
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