Melanion (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Melanion (;) or Meilanion (Μειλανίων) may refer to two distinct characters:

• Melanion, the Lacedaemonian son of the Pelopid Argeios and Hegesandra, daughter of King Amyclas of Sparta. He was the brother of Alector and Boethoos.^{[1] [2]}
• Melanion, also called Hippomenes, Arcadian son of Amphidamas and husband of Atalanta.^[3]

References

1. [Pherecydes of Syros|Pherecydes]
2. Fowler (2013), vol. 2, p. 438: “Melanion looks like an invention to give Argeios three sons, a respectable number; the whole thing could be Pherekydes' doing, . .”
3. Apollodorus, 5.9.3