Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
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. | |
| Abode | Arcadia |
| Symbols | Golden apple, bear, lion |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | |
| Consort | Meleager Ares (possibly) Hippomenes (or Melanion) |
| Offspring | Parthenopaeus |
Atalanta (/ˌætəˈlæntə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀταλάντη, romanized: 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][7] and is primarily noted for her skill in the footrace.[5] In both versions, Atalanta was a local figure allied to the goddess Artemis;[8] in such oral traditions, minor characters were often assigned different names, resulting in minor regional variations.[9]
- ^ "Aelian: Various Histories. Book XIII, Ch. 1". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Hyginus, Fabulae. 173-174 and 185". topostext.org. Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.16
- ^ Boardman, John (1983). "Atalanta". Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies. 10: 3–19. doi:10.2307/4104327. JSTOR 4104327.
- ^ Howell, Reet A.; Howell, Maxwell L. (1989). "The Atalanta Legend in Art and Literature". Journal of Sport History. 16 (2): 127–139. JSTOR 43609443.
Previous Page Next Page
