Hippomenes

American

[hi-pom-uh-neez] / hɪˈpɒm əˌniz /

noun

Classical Mythology.

the successful suitor of Atalanta.

Hippomenes British

/ hɪˈpɒmɪˌniːz /

noun

Greek myth the husband, in some traditions, of Atalanta

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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

Again she passed him, and again a golden apple caused her to pause, and Hippomenes shot ahead.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell

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