Parthenopaeus
Americannoun
noun
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But before that Atalanta had borne a son, Parthenopaeus, who was one of the Seven against Thebes.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Tydeus, Parthenopaeus, and Adrastus were three of the seven heroes who fought against Thebes.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Parthenopaeus, however, is a pathetic figure; he is an Arcadian, the son of Atalanta, a mere boy whom a romantic ambition has hurried into war ere his years were ripe for it.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
Parthenopaeus is for the Thebais what Camilla is for the Aeneid, though he presents at times hints both of Pallas and Euryalus.
From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
In the Greek translation of Parthenopaeus, there are as few faults as could reasonably be expected.
From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by De Quincey, Thomas
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