Melanippus

American  

[mel-uh-nip-uhs] / ˌmɛl əˈnɪp əs /

Or Melanippos

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a Theban who killed Tydeus in the battle of the Seven against Thebes and who was, in turn, slain by Amphiaraus.

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Example Sentences

Adrastus indeed first, Autonous and Echeclus, and Perimus, son of Megas, and Epistor and Melanippus; but then Elasus, and Mulius, and Pylartes.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Even so, O Melanippus, did stalwart Antilochus spring upon you to strip you of your armour; but noble Hector marked him, and came running up to him through the thick of the battle.

From The Iliad by Homer

Both then rushed on, about to tear the brazen armour from his shoulders; but Hector strenuously exhorted all his relations, and rebuked the gallant Melanippus first, the son of Hicetaon.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

At once both flew to strip his radiant arms, Then, Hector summoning his kindred, call'd Each to his aid, and Melanippus first,660 Illustrious Hicetaon's son, reproved.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

And from the sown heroes whom Mars spared is Melanippus sprung a scion, and he is thoroughly a native.

From Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes by Buckley, Theodore Alois