ATALANTA

SUMMARY

STORY

• Atalanta was born a beautiful girl however she was unwanted by her father who was King Lasus.
• Therefore she was left on mountain top to die. (Stay classy.)
• On that mountain top she was taken in by a she-bear who represents Artemis the goddess of badassness and virginity
• Soon, she was found by hunters and they taught her all the things that the human world had to offer.

STORY CONT.

• She was raised a beautiful and skilled huntress. Who did not deal with anybody’s bs.
• Story of the centaurs
• King of Calydon messes up royally and she fixes the problem ASAP. Even though everyone doubted her except Meleagar(friend-zoned real quick.) Ended in tragedy.
• Suitors(Atalanta was not having it)
• Her proposition which ended in many deaths(not surprising.)
• The race, Hippomenes shows up
• Hippomenes wins because of Aphrodite’s help, and the fact that Atalanta loves shiny things.
• Bore a son (Parthenopaeus)
• Atalanta and Hippomenes supposedly turned into Lions. (1. Zeus did it because they did the dirty in one of his temples 2. Aphrodite did it because she was not honored properly.)

CHARACTERISTICS

APPEARANCE

• She was one of the few mortal heroines that kicked ass and had two X chromosomes at the same time.
• Her appearance is depicted as a beautiful woman with an amazing physique also she had a face that was “too maiden to be a boy, and too boyish to be a maiden.” However she was very desirable by men at the time.
• Her attire as quoted on page 246: “A shining buckle clasped her robe at the neck; her hair was simply dressed, caught up in a knot behind. An ivory quiver hung upon her left shoulder and in her hand was a bow.”

PERSONALITY

• Treated men as comrades and not as possible lovers(Poor Meleager.)
• She was determined to never marry because it would take away her freedom as a huntress.
• She tries to jump at every chance of adventure but denied many times given that she was a beautiful woman and things could go haywire. (Jason and the argonauts)
• Clearly forgiving because she reconciled with her father...
• She liked toying with men which pretty much ended with those men dying by her hands(How delightful.)

CONFLICT

THE CALYDONIAN BOAR

• Atalanta was always pushed to the side because she was a girl but in this story she proved herself to society.
• The annual great harvest festival took place in the country of Calydon.
• The festival was dedicated to many of the gods
• King Oneus messed up by forgetting Artemis during the sacrifices.
• Artemis was royally pissed and summoned a gigantic boar to reign terror and punish the king.
• The king called for the bravest men of Greece, and who else showed up other than Atalanta.

THE CALYDONIAN BOAR CONT.

• The hunters doubted her ability
• Meleager stood up for her
• Atalanta pierced the boars head and Meleager pierced his corazon.
• Many hunters were uncles of Meleager
• They didn’t want Atalanta to keep the boar skin
• Meleager kill all of them and his mother, Queen Althea, was notified of the death of her brothers.(mom killed son by chucking the firewood into the fire...lovely.)
• Surprise surprise they didn’t understand that because “no” doesn’t mean anything in Greek mythology.

ATALANTA AND HER SUITORS

• Being a famous beautiful maiden came with many suitors, which she did not want.
• Surprise surprise they didn’t understand that because “no” doesn’t mean anything in Greek mythology.
• So she decided to propose an idea to these suitors
• All they had to do was beat little ol’ Atalanta in a race
• They win:Marriage, Lose:they die;)
• That scared about half of them off but many still insisted
• She raced, she won, she killed
• To no avail because more and more showed up.