Parthenopaeus
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- the son of Meleager and Atalante, one of the seven who went against Thebes: inclutus armis Parthenopaeus, Verg. A. 6, 480; Stat. Th. 4, 248; cf. Hyg. Fab. 99.
(Παρθενοπαῖος), one of the seven heroes that undertook the expedition against Thebes. He is sometimes called a son of Ares or Meilanion and Atalante (Apollod. 3.9.2, 6.3, &c.; Paus. 3.12.7; Eur. Supp. 888; Serv. ad Aen. 6.480), sometimes of Meleager and Atalante (Hyg. Fab. 70, 79), and sometimes of Talaus and Lysimache (Apollod. 1.9.13; Paus. 2.20.4, 9.18.4; Schol. ad Oed. Col. 1385). His son, by the nymph Clymene, who marched against Thebes as one of the Epigoni, is called Promachus, Stratolaus, Thesimenes, or Tlesimenes. (Apollod. 1.9.13, 3.7.2; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 489; Hyg. Fab. 71; Paus. 3.12.7.) Parthenopaeus was killed at Thebes by Asphodicus, Amphidicus or Periclymenus. (Apollod. 3.6.8; Paus. 9.18, in fin.; Aeschyl. Sept. c. Theb.) [L.S]
(Παρθενοπαῖος). One of the Seven against Thebes (q.v.). He was the son of Ares (or Milanion) and Atalanta, or of Talaüs and Lysimaché. His son, variously styled Promachus, Stratolaüs, Thesimenes, or Tlesimenes, was one of the epigoni (q.v.).
- Paus. 3.12.9
- son of Melanion or of Ares by Atalanta, one of the Seven against Thebes: Apollod. 3.6.3, Apollod. vol. 1.403
- one of the victors in the Nemean games: Apollod. 3.6.4
- stationed at the Electran gate of Thebes: Apollod. 3.6.5
- slain by Amphidocus or by Periclymenus: Apollod. 3.6.8
- father of Promachus: Apollod. 3.7.2
- Apollod. 1.9.13, Paus. 2.20.5
- father of Promachus: Apollod. 1.9.13, Paus. 9.19.2
- slain by Asphodicus: Paus. 9.18.6