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Atalanta

Illustarted by our very own: Leah Anderson.

There are few stories about powerful women in Greek and Roman mythology. When they do exist, there is usually something about the person that makes them extra special, or otherworldly; they are a Goddess themselves or a God falls in love with them, thereby giving them value in the eyes of the great Greco-Roman poets. The mythos of Atalanta has always stood apart, seeing as it tells the tale of a young, mortal woman who held her own against the Gods and heroes of lore. There are many myths about Atalanta, but at its core, it is the story of a woman spurned at birth for being born a girl, who was raised to be one of the fastest/strongest warriors of all time.
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Here are some fast facts about the fastest Greek mythological figure:

-Atalanta was born a Princess, but her father abandoned her in the woods because she was a girl
-A she-bear found her as an infant and raised her as her own
-Atalanta became a priestess of Artemis, the Goddess of the moon/hunt, and became one of her most trusted, and powerful huntresses
-Atalanta was invited on the all-male Calydonian boar hunt, and as a famed archer, was the first to strike the beast with her arrow
-She beat Achilles' father, Peleus, in a funeral games wrestling contest
-In a few myths, she was the only female Argonaut
-Atalanta later reconnected with her father who wanted her to marry. She agreed on the condition that she would only marry someone that could beat her in a race. No one was faster than her, so Aphrodite helped Melanion. Melanion would toss three golden apples along the course to distract her and then he won.
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