person
Hippomenes
The suitor who beat Atalanta (daughter of Schoeneus) in the foot-race by Venus's golden apples and won her as bride.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §16 Hippomenes
Won Atalanta in the foot-race by Venus's apples; an exemplum of winning a bride by contest.
- The Heroides §21 Hippomenes
Who won Atalanta with the apples; Acontius, says Cydippe, plays 'a second Hippomenes.'
- Metamorphoses §10.313 Hippomenes
The youth who, smitten by Atalanta, wins her by casting Venus's golden apples in the race.