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Atalanta, an independent female
16-04-2013 22:22Two separate provinces, Arcadia and Boeotia, claimed the origin of Atalanta, an Amazonian heroine. In the Boeotian version Atalanta was a daughter of Schoineus, son of Athamas, while in the Arcadian was a daughter of Iasos.
When Atalanta was born in Arcadia, her father Iasos ordered that she should be exposed in the wilds because he wanted a male heir alone. After she was abandoned on Mount Parthenion, she was suckled by a wolf or bear till she was saved by some passing hunters who brought her up in the mountains.
When she grew up, she chose to remain up in the mountains, living her life as a virgin huntress with a cave for a home and then took an oath of virginity to the goddess Artemis.
Atalanta was the only woman that joined the hunt of the Calydonian Boar and the first to wound it. Meleagros, the leader of the hunt, was so impressed by her bravery that he awarded her the prize of honor even though he killed the boar himself.
When Atalanta found her father, he insisted that she should settle down and marry. Atalanta tried to escape marriage by forcing her suitors to compete with her in a race at the risk of their lives. She marked out a course for a run race, knocking a stake into the ground half-way and told her suitors to set off from that point, saying that she would chase after them. If anyone could make it to the end he would marry her or if she approached anyone in the race she would kill him with her spear.
Hippomenes was the only suitor who succeeded in the race with the help of goddess Aphrodite. Atalanta got married to Hippomenes and eventually they had a son Parthenopaios, who was one of the Seven against Thebes. Because of Hippomenes failed to thank the goddess for the help she provided, Aphrodite is said to have turned the couple into lions after their marriage.
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