ATALANTA (the huntress of Arcadia)
Hero · Greek mythological character, the only female Argonaut
- Parents
- Iasus, Schoeneus, Maenalus, Clymene
- Consorts
- Ares, Meleager, Hippomenes, Melanion
- Children
- Parthenopeus
- In the sources
- 24 ancient passages
In Godsunder
At the height of their saga. Heroes begin the campaign weaker and grow with every deed.
- Might14
- Grace18
- Vigour14
- Wits14
- Spirit14
- Tier
- 3 · armour 0 · fights as a archer
- Hunter's Arrow. She held a bow in her left hand. Ovid Met. 8.260-546 (3)
- Boar-Slayer Shot. Atalanta is depicted killing the Aetolian boar with a distant arrow. Euripides, The Phoenician Maidens 1104-1152
- Wrestler's Takedown. Atalanta defeated Peleus in wrestling at games held for Pelias. Apollodorus 3.13.3
Atalanta is a fair, fast-running woman who outpaced the fastest men and is described as a virgin from a previous era. Ovid Met. 10.519-707 (4) +2
Appearance
Her beauty was considered equal to or greater than her speed, and she was described as fair, swift-footed, and peerless in beauty with trim ankles. Ovid Met. 10.519-707 (4) +3
In the myths
Atalanta was the first to wound the Calydonian boar by shooting it in the back and received its head and hide as a prize for her valor. Apollodorus 1.8.2 +2 Atalanta rejected many suitors by demanding they race her first, declaring that the loser of the race would be put to death, and agreed to marry the man who could outrun her. Apollodorus 3.9.2 +2 Atalanta defeated Peleus in wrestling at games held for Pelias. Apollodorus 3.13.3 +1 Atalanta married and bore a son, Parthenopaeus, who fought in the war against Thebes. Apollodorus 3.9.2 +1
