Atalanta

Atalanta
Princess of Arcadia
Member of the Argonauts
Atalanta. Marble, 1703–1705. Copy by Pierre Lepautre of a Roman work after a Hellenistic original. Commissioned for the decoration of Marly Park, transferred in 1798 to the Tuileries Gardens. © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons
AbodeArcadia
SymbolsGolden apple, bear, lion
Personal information
Parents
ConsortMeleager
Ares (possibly)
Hippomenes (or Melanion)
OffspringParthenopaeus

Atalanta (/ˌætəˈlæntə/; Greek: Ἀταλάντη, translit. Atalántē, lit. "equal in weight") is a heroine in Greek mythology.

There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia,[1] whose parents were Iasus and Clymene[2][3] and who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts;[4] and the other from Boeotia, who is the daughter of King Schoeneus[5][6] and is primarily noted for her skill in the footrace.[5] In both versions, Atalanta was a local figure allied to the goddess Artemis;[7] in such oral traditions, minor characters were often assigned different names, resulting in minor regional variations.[8]

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  2. ^ "CALLIMACHUS, HYMNS 1-3 - Theoi Classical Texts Library, HYMN 3". www.theoi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  3. ^ "APOLLODORUS, THE LIBRARY BOOK 3.9.2 - Theoi Classical Texts Library". www.theoi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  4. ^ "APOLLODORUS, THE LIBRARY BOOK 1.8.2-3, Theoi Classical Texts Library". www.theoi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  5. ^ a b "HESIOD, CATALOGUES OF WOMEN FRAGMENTS, FRAGMENT 14 - Theoi Classical Texts Library". www.theoi.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  6. ^ "Hyginus, Fabulae. 173-174 and 185". topostext.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
  7. ^ Boardman, John (1983). "Atalanta". Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 10: 3–19. doi:10.2307/4104327. JSTOR 4104327.
  8. ^ Howell, Reet A.; Howell, Maxwell L. (1989). "The Atalanta Legend in Art and Literature". Journal of Sport History. 16 (2): 127–139. JSTOR 43609443.

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