Melanion

American  

[muh-ley-nee-uhn] / məˈleɪ ni ən /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a youth of Arcadia, usually identified with Hippomenes as the successful suitor of Atalanta.

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Example Sentences

Miles rewrote the tale’s original ending—in which Aphrodite helps Melanion win the race and  get the girl—to reflect a more liberated time.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2012

Hart’s literary agent suggested she contact children’s author Betty Miles; Hart assigned Miles an adaptation of the Greek myth of Atalanta, a princess racing against young Melanion, who desires her hand in marriage.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2012

In learning's race Melanion Is beaten, one can see, By the new Atalanta; At Law School or Sorbonne, As at our native Granta, The girls the prize have won.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 21 1890 by Various

Permit me to add two further plagiarisms or parallel passages on the subject of Childe Harold to those already contributed by your valuable correspondent "Melanion."

From Notes and Queries, Number 19, March 9, 1850 by Various

I loathe the sex as much as he, And therefore I no less shall be As chaste as was Melanion.

From Lysistrata by Aristophanes