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

Then he transferred to Melanippus the festivals and the sacrifices formerly paid to the honor of Adrastus.

From History Of Ancient Civilization by Seignobos, Charles

He said, and call'd on noble Nestor's sons, On Meges, Phyleus' son, Meriones, Thoas, and Lycomedes, Creon's son, And Melanippus; they together sought The mighty monarch Agamemnon's tent.

From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of

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

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

Why, Melanippus, are we thus remiss? do you take no note of the death of your kinsman, and do you not see how they are trying to take Dolops's armour?

From The Iliad by Homer