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Encyclopedia > Schoeneus

In Greek mythology, Schoeneus was the name of several individuals:

  1. Schoeneus was a Boeotian king, the son of Athamas and Themisto. He was the father of Atalanta by Clymene.
  2. Schoeneus was the son of Autonous and Hippodamia. When his brother Anthus was killed by their father's horses, Zeus and Apollo pitied Schoeneus and transformed him into a bird.
  3. Schoeneus was the father of Clymenus of Arcadia.

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Atalanta (376 words)
She was from Arcadia, a daughter of Iasus or Schoeneus and Clymene.
Her father (Iasus or Schoeneus) wanted a son, so when Atalanta was born, he exposed her on a mountaintop.
Artemis sent a female bear to suckle her and she was eventually raised by a group of hunters.
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