Parthenopaeus

(ˌpɑːθənəʊˈpiːəs)

(Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth one of the Seven against Thebes, son of Atalanta

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This Asphodicus killed Parthenopaeus the son of Talaus in the battle against the Argives, as the Thebans say; though that part of the "Thebais" which tells of the death of Parthenopaeus says that it was Periclymenus who killed him.

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Parthenopaeus has his long hair tugged by his rival Idas in the footrace.

The hand of god: Diego Maradona and the divine nature of cheating in classical antiquity/A mao de deus: Diego Maradona e a natureza divina da trapaca na antiguidade classica

(52) Statius also uses a similar simile later: when Dymas is found with the corpse of Parthenopaeus, he chooses neither to fight nor to beg for his life, like a mother lioness who rather than attack hunters close-by chooses to stay with her brood and protect them (10.405-19).

(46) Much like how Capaneus taunts the Thebans (7.679), and Parthenopaeus later (9.793-800).

The perversion of virtue: a case study of Statius' Hippomedon

In the first part of the drama, these references concern the Argive assailants (Parthenopaeus and Polynices) and aim at accentuating these men's belligerent and lawless disposition.

At first, attention is drawn to the names of two of Thebes' enemies (those of Parthenopaeus and Polynices), as viewed and interpreted by the male Theban community (that is, Eteocles and the Scout).

The term [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and the theme of naming in Seven against Thebes and Phoenician Women

Parthenopaeus, whose aristeia occupies 9.570-907, provides another prominent example of a young man who dies before his time.

Mothers in Statius's poetry: sorrows and surrogates

We may randomly include here the Hermaphroditus itself; Giovanni Pontano's Parthenopaeus, sive Amores, and the Hendecasyllabi; and Pacifico Massimo's Elegiae iocosae.

Panormita's reply to his critics: the 'Hermaphroditus' and the literary defense

The only fragment from Peri Arkadias mentions the Arcadian hero Cepheus, son of Poseidon and ancestor of the hero Parthenopaeus (Hellanicus, FGrHist 4 F37, 99 with commentary).

Dionysius of Halicarnassus on the first Greek historians

Their son was Parthenopaeus, who later was one of the Seven against Thebes after the death of King Oedipus.

Atalanta

Their force was led by seven champions: Adrastus; his brother - in - law, the seer Amphiaraus, who foresaw that only Adrastus would survive the war; Adrastus ' son - in - law Tydeus, a hero from Calydon; Parthenopaeus; Hippomedon; Capaneus; and Polynices (though some accounts add the Argives Mecisteus and Eteoclus in place of the foreign leaders, Polynices and Tydeus).

Seven against Thebes, The

This paper examines the lineages of the seven heroes against Thebes as given in the Thebaid: Adrastus, Polynices, Tydeus, Amphiaraus, Parthenopaeus, Hippomedon and Capaneus.