Melanion (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Melanion (/məˈlæniən/; Ancient Greek: Μελανίων) or Meilanion (Μειλανίων) may refer to two distinct characters:

Melanion, the Lacedaemonian son of the Pelopid Argeios and Hegesandra, daughter of King Amyclas of Sparta. He was the brother of Alector and Boethoos.^[1]^[2]

Melanion, also called Hippomenes, Arcadian son of Amphidamas and husband of Atalanta.^[3]

References

^ Pherecydes, fr. 132 [=Fowler (2013), vol. 1, p. 345 & vol. 2, p. 438]
^ Fowler (2013), vol. 2, p. 438: “Melanion looks like an invention to give Argeios three sons, a respectable number; the whole thing could be Pherekydes' doing, . .”
^ Apollodorus, 5.9.3

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[1] Pherecydes, fr. 132 [=Fowler (2013), vol. 1, p. 345 & vol. 2, p. 438]

[2] Fowler (2013), vol. 2, p. 438: “Melanion looks like an invention to give Argeios three sons, a respectable number; the whole thing could be Pherekydes' doing, . .”

[3] Apollodorus, 5.9.3

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