Atalanta

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

Not to be confused with Atlanta.
This article is about the Greek mythological character. For the football club, see Atalanta BC. For other uses, see Atalanta (disambiguation).
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

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

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