HIPPOMENES

Domain	Definition
Literature	Hippomenes (4 syl.). A Grecian prince, who ran a race with Atalanta for her hand in marriage. He had three golden apples, which he dropped one by one, and which the lady stopped to pick up. By this delay she lost the race. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Hippomenes

In Greek mythology, Hippomenes was Atalanta's husband.

Atalanta raced all her suitors and outran many. The one that finally became her husband accomplished this through his brain, not speed. Hippomenes knew that he could not win a fair race with Atalanta, so he prayed to Aphrodite for help. She gave him three golden apples and told him to drop them one at a time to distract Atalanta. Sure enough, she quit running long enough to get each golden apple. It took all three apples and all of his speed, but Hippomenes was finally successful, winning the race and Atalanta's hand.

Atalanta and Hippomenes were turned into lions by Zeus or Cybele after having sex in one of his/her temples.

Alternative: Melanion

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Anagrams: HIPPOMENES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-m-n-o-p-p-s"
	-2 letters: hosepipe, phonemes.
	-3 letters: episome, homines, imphees, impones, peonies, peonism, pepsine, phenoms, phoneme, phonies, shipmen, shippen, shippon, shopmen.
	-4 letters: enmesh, eonism, eosine, hemins, hempen, hempie, hippos, imphee, impone, impose, inmesh, mispen, monies, monish, mopish, opines, peones, pepsin, phenom, phones, ponies, popish, popsie, shoppe, siphon, sphene.
	-5 letters: eosin, hemes, hemin, hemps, hippo, hoise, homes, hones, hopes.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-m-n-o-p-p-s"
	+3 letters: nympholepsies.
	+5 letters: misapprehension.
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