Atalanta and Hippomenes, Guido Reni, c. 1622–25

In Greek mythology, Hippomenes, also known as Melanion, was the husband of Atalanta. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3200x2310, 543 KB) de: um 1615-1625 en: c. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3200x2310, 543 KB) de: um 1615-1625 en: c. ... Autoportrait Guido at his best: Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 Guido Reni (November 4, 1575 - August 18, 1642 was a prominent Bolognese painter of high-Baroque style. ... // Greek mythology consists of a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. ... Detail from Atalanta and Hippomenes, Guido Reni, c. ...

Atalanta raced all her suitors and outran all but Hippomenes, who defeated her by cunning, not speed. Hippomenes knew that he could not win a fair race with Atalanta, so he prayed to Aphrodite for help. She gave him three golden apples and told him to drop them one at a time to distract Atalanta. After each of the first two apples, Atalanta was able to recover the lead, but when she stopped for the third, Hippomenes won the race. It took all three apples and all of his speed, but Hippomenes was finally successful, winning the race and Atalanta's hand. Birth of Venus (a. ...

Atalanta and Hippomenes were turned into lions by Zeus or Cybele after having sex in one of his/her temples. Another account says that Aphrodite turned them into lions for forgetting to do her tribute. Thereafter they drew Cybele's chariot. Binomial name Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The Lion (Panthera leo) is a mammal of the family Felidae. ... Statue of Zeus Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th-century engraving. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Mother goddess. ...

According to some accounts, Hippomenes was the father of Parthenopaeus. In Greek mythology, Parthenopeus (son of a pierced maidenhead, also Parthenopaeus) was one of the Seven Against Thebes and the son of Atalanta and Hippomenes (or Ares or Meleager). ...