Παρθενοπαῖος, son of Atalanta by Meilanion, her vanquisher in the foot-race. Another version made Ares the father. ἐπώνυμος τῆς πρόσθεν ἀδμήτης, “"so named after her who before was a virgin,"” χρόνῳ μητρὸς λοχευθείς, “"having been born of her when at last she became a mother."” χρόνῳ (437), after her long virginity. The gen. μητρός as O. T. 1082 “τῆς γὰρ πέφυκα μητρός”. In Aesch. Th. 536 this hero has “οὔ τι παρθένων ἐπώνυμον ι φρόνημα”: cp. Eur. Phoen. 1106 “ὁ τῆς κυναγοῦ”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part II: The Oedipus Coloneus. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1899.
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