Editing Parthenopaeus (section)

===Early life===
Parthenopaeus was the son of [[Atalanta]] by either her husband [[Hippomenes]] (Melanion),<ref>[[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'', 3. 9. 2</ref><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 3. 12. 9</ref><ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] on ''[[Aeneid]]'' 6. 480</ref> or by [[Meleager]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 70, 99, 270</ref> or [[Ares]].<ref>[[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'', 3. 9. 2; Servius on ''Aeneid'' 6. 480 as an alternative option</ref> A less common version makes him a son of [[Talaus]] and [[Lysimache]]<ref>[[Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'', 1. 9. 13</ref><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 2. 20. 5; 9. 18. 6</ref> (which would make him a close relative of the other members of the Seven and thereby a motive for his involvement in the war). [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]] writes that he was left exposed by Atalanta on Mount Parthenius ("virginal") in [[Arcadia (ancient region)|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 became good friends.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 99</ref> Parthenopaeus went with Telephus to Teuthrania, where he helped him repulse [[Idas]]'s invasion of the kingdom of [[Teuthras]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 100</ref>

Euripides noted that Parthenopaeus moved from Arcadia to Argos at a young age, and seemed to have enjoyed a friendly reception from the Argives.<ref name="Eur. Suppl. 890" />