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Parthenopaeus was the son of [[Atalanta]] by either her husband [[Hippomenes]] (Melanion), or by [[Meleager]], or [[Ares]]. A less common version makes him a son of [[Talaus]] and [[Lysimache]] (which makes him a close relative of the other members of the Seven and thereby motivates his involvement in the war). [[Hyginus]] writes that he was left exposed by [[Atalanta]] on Mount [[Parthenius]] ("virginal") in [[Arcadia]], so that she could conceal the fact that she was not a virgin anymore; the name Parthenopaeus is accordingly interpreted by [[Hyginus]] as "seemingly-virginal" or the like, as if referring to the fact that his mother was pretending to still be a virgin. He was subsequently rescued by a shepherd, along with [[Telephus]], the son of [[Auge]] and [[Heracles]], who had been abandoned on the same mountain, and the two boys were good friends. Parthenopaeus went with [[Telephus]] to [[Teuthrania]], where he helped him repulse [[Idas]]'s invasion of the kingdom of [[Teuthras]].

Euripides noted that Parthenopaeus moved from Arcadia to Argos at a young age, and seemed to have enjoyed a friendly reception from the Argives.

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|lstext='''Παρθενοπαῖος''': ὁ, ὁ Παρθενικὸς [[ἥρως]], ἢ ὁ υἱὸς τῆς Παρθένου (Ἀταλάντης), εἷς τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐπὶ Θήβας· ἐν Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 347 τὸ [[Παρθενοπαῖος]] ἔχει τὴν συλλαβὴν θε μακρὰν ὡς εἰ ἦν [[Παρθενοπαῖος]], πρβλ. Εὐριπ. Ἱκέτ. 889· ἴδε [[ἀλφεσίβοιος]], [[Ἱππομέδων]]].

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|lsmtext='''Παρθενοπαῖος:''' ὁ ([[παρθένος]]), ο Παρθενικός, [[ήρωας]] ή [[γιος]] της Παρθένου (Αταλάντης), [[ένας]] από τους Επτά επί Θήβας (προφέρεται <i>Παρθεννοπαῖος</i> σε Αισχύλ.).

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|mdlsjtxt=[[Παρθενοπαῖος]], ὁ, [[παρθένος]]<br />the [[maiden]]-[[hero]] or son of the [[maiden]] ([[Atalanta]]), one of the Seven [[against]] [[Thebes]]: [to be [[pronounced]] Παρθεννοπαῖος in Aesch.].

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