Schoeneus

Schoeneus

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

#Schoeneus was a Boeotian king, the son of Athamas and Themisto. He was the father of Atalanta by Clymene.
#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.
#Schoeneus was the father of Clymenus of Arcadia.


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  • Harpalyce (mythology) — In Greek mythology, Harpalyce harpax snatcher and lyke she wolf is a name attributed to two women.Daughter of ClymeneusHarpalyce is the daughter of King Clymenus of Arcadia, son of Schoeneus (first version) or of Teleus of Argos (second version) …   Wikipedia

  • Atalanta — ( el. Αταλάντη, English translation: balanced ) is a character from ancient Greek mythology.LegendHer father, Schoeneus or Iasius (Iasus, Iasion), wanted a son so badly that when Atalanta was born, he left her in the middle of the forest in the… …   Wikipedia

  • Athamas — is also a genus of jumping spiders.The king of Orchomenus in Greek mythology, Athamas (Greek: Ἀθάμας), was married first to the goddess Nephele with whom he had the twins Phrixus and Helle. He later divorced Nephele and married Ino, daughter of… …   Wikipedia

  • Clymene — or Klymenê (from Greek name Κλυμένη famous woman ) may refer to 104 Klymene, an asteroid Clymene dolphin (Stenella clymene), a dolphin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean Clymene Moth In Greek mythology: Clymene or Asia (mythology), an Oceanid, wife of …   Wikipedia

  • Clymenus — In Greek mythology, Clymenus (Ancient Greek: Κλύμενος Klúmenos  notorious ) may refer to any number of individuals: Clymenus was the father of Eurydice. Clymenus was the son of King Oeneus of Calydon and Althaea. He was killed while… …   Wikipedia

  • Klymene — (griech. Κλυμένη, lat. Clymene) ist: In der griechischen Mythologie: Klymene (Mutter des Phaeton), Ehefrau von Merops, König von Äthiopien. Helios zeugt mit ihr den Phaeton, siehe Phaeton (Mythologie) Klymene (Tochter des Minyas), von Kephalos… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Atalanta — /at l an teuh/, n. Class Myth. a virgin huntress who promised to marry the man who could win a foot race against her but lost to Hippomenes when she stopped to retrieve three golden apples of Aphrodite that he dropped in her path. Also, Atalante… …   Universalium

  • Atalanta — noun daughter of king Schoeneus and Clymene, famous for her masculine speed and strength …   Wiktionary

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