Atalanta
Atalanta (/ˌætəˈlæntə/; Greek: Ἀταλάντη Atalantē) is person who is in Greek mythology. She was a virgin and was a huntress.
Atalanta was the daughter of Iacus who was an Arcadian princess. Her father King Iasus wanted a son. Atalanta was born and King Iasus left her on a mountaintop to die. Some stories say that a bear raised her. She reunited with her father afterwards.
Atalanta Media
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Black-figure pottery showing a wrestling match between Peleus and Atalanta during the funerary games of King Pelias. In the background, the prize of the duel: the skin and the head of the Calydonian boar.
Meleager and Atalanta hunt the boar on a Roman sarcophagus, 2nd century AD, from Salonica.
- Jan Fyt and Pieter Thijs - Atalanta and Meleager Hunt the Calydonian Boar.jpg
Oil painting of Atalanta and Meleager hunting the Calydonian boar (Jan Fyt, 1648). The Ringling, Bequest of John Ringling, 1936.
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Meleager presenting Atalante the head of the Calydonian Boar in 16th century alabaster, Bode Museum
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Landscape painting of the hunt. Jan Wildens, 17th century.
Atalanta and Meleager hunting the Calydonian boar. Woodcut by Giovanni Battista Palumba, print in the British Museum.
