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Hippomenes

American  
[hi-pom-uh-neez] / hɪˈpɒm əˌniz /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. the successful suitor of Atalanta.


Hippomenes British  
/ hɪˈpɒmɪˌniːz /

noun

  1. Greek myth the husband, in some traditions, of Atalanta

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In 1987, he appropriated her masterpiece, a monumental work of photographic performance art around the Cibeles Fountain in the city, based on the myth of Hippomenes and Atalanta, to make a kind of campaign poster.

From The Guardian Feb. 11, 2020

Atalanta’s greed costs her the race and she is forced to marry Hippomenes.

From Salon Feb. 3, 2019

When a suitor, Hippomenes, challenges Atalanta, he lures her off course with three golden apples.

From Salon Feb. 3, 2019

Some of his key paintings, such as the Prado's extraordinary Atalanta and Hippomenes, in which he achieved a grand synthesis of Caravaggism and classical diction, are missing from Fort Worth.

From Time Magazine Archive

“By chance there straying, from the boughs I pluck'd “Three golden apples, bore them in my hand, “And seen by none, except the favor'd youth, “Approach'd Hippomenes, and taught their use.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard

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