Greek mythological character
Atalanta 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
Abode Arcadia Symbols Golden apple , bear, lionParents Consort Meleager Ares (possibly) Hippomenes (or Melanion ) Offspring Parthenopaeus
Atalanta (; 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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