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  1. Jul 7, 2023 · Greek. Hesiod: Atalantas myth and her genealogies were treated in the fragmentary Catalogue of Women (seventh or sixth century BCE). Aeschylus: Atalantas son Parthenopaeus features in the tragedy Seven against Thebes (ca. 467 BCE). Aeschylus also wrote a play called Atalanta, which no longer survives.

  2. Apr 23, 2021 · Like the goddesses Athena and Artemis, Atalanta is a rare strong female figure in Greek literature and she appears frequently in Greek art in scenes showing her renowned hunting and sporting skills. Family & Early Life. In mythology, Atalanta is the daughter of Schoeneus the Boeotian king or the Arcadian Iasus (son of Lycurgus) or Maenalus. Her ...

  3. In Greek mythology Atalanta was an Arcadian heroine--a huntress and a favourite of the goddess Artemis. She was exposed by her father at birth in the wilds but was suckled by a she-bear and afterwards found and raised by hunters.

  4. THE HEROINE ATALANTA IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. Atalanta was a rare thing in Greek mythology, a heroine in a world where heroes were the norm. It was said though, that Atalanta was a match for any mortal born heroes of Greek mythology. Indeed, such was the fame of Atalanta that different regions of Ancient Greece would claim the heroine as their own ...

  5. Nov 22, 2016 · The abandoned child of an Arcadian king, Atalanta is rescued by a bear in the wild, then adopted by hunters. She grows to be both a beautiful woman and a skilled huntress. As a devout follower of Artemis, the virgin goddess of the hunt, Atalanta too decides to remain a virgin by any means necessary.

  6. Oct 21, 2019 · Atalanta was a huntress and a favorite of the goddess Artemis. She was one of the few female heroes in Greek mythology, and is first mentioned in “Catalogues of Women,” a poem believed to have been written by Hesiod. Atalanta had a number of adventures. She took part in the Calydonian boar hunt.

  7. Nov 27, 2022 · Atalanta is a huntress and heroine in Greek mythology who, after being exposed as an infant because her parents wanted a son and not a daughter, was nursed by a she-bear before being found by hunters. Her name comes from the Greek ‘atalantê’ meaning ‘equal in weight,’ perhaps a nod to her ability to hold her own against male warriors of Greek myth.

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