Parthenopaeus

[pahr-thuh-nuh-pee-uhs]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.

Parthenopaeus

/ ˌpɑːθənəʊˈpiːəs /

noun

1. Greek myth one of the Seven against Thebes, son of Atalanta

Example Sentences

But before that Atalanta had borne a son, Parthenopaeus, who was one of the Seven against Thebes.

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Here Tydeus meets him; here Parthenopaeus, glorious in arms, and the pallid phantom of Adrastus; here the Dardanians long wept on earth and fallen in the war; sighing he discerns all their long array, Glaucus and Medon and Thersilochus, the three children of Antenor, and Polyphoetes, Ceres' priest, and Idaeus yet charioted, yet grasping his arms.

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Tydeus, Parthenopaeus, and Adrastus were three of the seven heroes who fought against Thebes.

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This Asphodicus killed Parthenopaeus the son of Talaus in the battle against the Argives, as the Thebans say; though that part of the "Thebais" which tells of the death of Parthenopaeus says that it was Periclymenus who killed him.

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Adrastus, followed by Polyneices and Tydeus, his two sons-inlaw, Amphiaraus, his brother-in-law, Capaneus, Hippomedon and Parthenopaeus, marched against the city of Thebes, and on his way is said to have founded the Nemean games.

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