Hippomenes
- son of Megareus, who conquered Atalanta, the daughter of Schoeneus, in a race, and thus obtained her as his wife, Ov. M. 10, 575 sq.; 632; Hyg. Fab. 185; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 113.
(Ἱππομένης), a son of Megareus of Onchestus, and a great grandson of Poseidon. (Ov. Met. 10.605.) Apollodorus (3.15.8) calls the son of Hippomenes Megareus. (Comp. [Atalante, No. 2].) [L.S]
(Ἱππομένης). a descendant of Codrus, the fourth and last of the decennial archons. Incensed at the barbarous punishment which he inflicted on his daughter and her paramour, the Attic nobles rose against and deposed him, razing his house to the ground. The archonship after this was thrown open to the whole body of nobles. (Heracl. Pont. de Pol. i.; Nicolaus Damasc. p. 42.) [C.P.M]
(Ἱππομένης). (1) Son of Megareus and great-grandson of Poseidon. He conquered Atalanta in a foot-race. (See Atalanta.)
(2) A descendant of Codrus, the fourth and last of the decennial archons. Incensed at the barbarous punishment which he inflicted on his daughter and her paramour, the Attic nobles deposed him.
- archon at Athens: Paus. 4.13.7
- Apollod. 3.15.7
- according to Euripides: Apollod. 3.9.2, Apollod. vol. 1.403