Parthenopaeus
mythological figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Atalanta's son · trusty son of Atalanta
in the texts
Phoenissae
Argive captain, son of Atalanta, viewed and cursed by Antigone from the palace walls.
Antigone:
Antigone:
That is Parthenopaeus, Atalanta’s son.
Suppliants
Youthful son of the huntress Atalanta, raised in Argos, praised by Adrastus as a loyal adopted son of the city.
Next behold the huntress Atalanta’s son, Parthenopaeus, a youth of peerless beauty;
There, when he grew to man’s estate, first, as is the duty of strangers settled in another land, he showed no pique or jealousy against the state, became no quibbler, chiefest source of annoyance citizen or stranger can give, but took his stand amid the host, and fought for Argos as he were her own son, glad at heart whenso the city prospered, deeply grieved if e’er reverses came;
Oedipus at Colonus
Arcadian son of Atalanta named as one of Polyneices' seven allied leaders.
and sixth, Arcadian Parthenopaeus rushes to the war.
He is named for that virgin of long ago from whose marriage in later time he was born, the trusty son of Atalanta.