Atalanta

A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and an Argonaut

Genealogy

Clymene

Iasus, Maenalus, Schoeneus

Hippomenes, Melanion

Parthenopaeus

Groups
  1. Argonauts
  2. Calydonian Boar Hunt
Places
  1. Arcadia
  2. Calydon
  3. Iolcus
  4. Unknown
Events
  1. Atalanta sets out for the Calydonian Boar Hunt
  2. Heroes gather in Calydon to fight the boar
  3. Crew of the Argo assembles
  4. Atalanta is exposed by her father
  5. Atalanta kills Rhoecus and Hylaeus when they try to rape her
  6. Atalanta finds her parents
  7. Atalanta races her suitors, killing those who are unable to defeat her
  8. Melanion defeats Atalanta
  9. Atalanta marries Melanion
  10. Atalanta and Melanion are changed into lions while having sex
  11. Peleus competes with Atalanta in wrestling
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.3
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.2
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 13.3
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 24.2
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 19.2
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 35.10
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 45.2
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 45.6
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 20.4
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