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Hippomĕnes

Ἱππομένης).


1.

Son of Megareus and great-grandson of Poseidon. He conquered Atalanta in a foot-race. (See Atalanta.)


2.

A descendant of Codrus, the fourth and last of the decennial archons. Incensed at the barbarous punishment which he inflicted on his daughter and her paramour, the Attic nobles deposed him.

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