Melanion
Role: father of Parthenopaeus · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 12
In Book 3, Chapter 12, Melanion is named as the father of Parthenopaeus, though the account says “some say that Tlesimenes was the brother, others the son, of Parthenopæus the son of Melanion.” In Book 5, Chapter 17, he is listed among those ready to race alongside Neotheus, Phalareus, Argeus and Iphiclus. By Chapter 19, Atalanta is beside him with a fawn.
Relationship record
Book 3 · Chapter 12
- parent: Parthenopaeus “some say that Tlesimenes was the brother, others the son, of Parthenopæus the son of Melanion.”
Book 5 · Chapter 17
- rivals with Neotheus “And there are Melanion and Neotheus and Phalareus and Argeus and Iphiclus ready for the race”
- rivals with Phalareus “And there are Melanion and Neotheus and Phalareus and Argeus and Iphiclus ready for the race”
- rivals with Argeus “And there are Melanion and Neotheus and Phalareus and Argeus and Iphiclus ready for the race”
- rivals with Iphiclus “And there are Melanion and Neotheus and Phalareus and Argeus and Iphiclus ready for the race”
Book 5 · Chapter 19
- with Atalanta (They are depicted together.) “there is Melanion, and Atalanta by him with a fawn”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.