Melanion
Americannoun
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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
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
I want to tell you a fable too, to match yours about Melanion.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
I loathe the sex as much as he, And therefore I no less shall be As chaste as was Melanion.
From Lysistrata by Aristophanes
This is it: Once upon a time there was a young man called Melanion, who hated the thought of marriage so sorely that he fled away to the wilds.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
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