Atalanta

Atalanta in Wikipedia

Atalanta (Greek: Αταλάντη, English translation: "balanced") is a character from ancient Greek mythology. Atalanta was the daughter of Hades or Iasius (or Mainalos), a Boeotian (according to Hesiod) or an Arcadian princess (according to Apollodorus) or Schoeneus according to Hyginus. Many categorized Atalanta as a goddess. Apollodorus is the on...

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Atalante in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀταλάντη). In ancient mythology there occur two personages of this name, who have been regarded by some writers as identical, while others distinguish between them. Among the latter we may mention the Scholiast on Theocritus (3.40), Burmann (ad Ov. Met. 10.565), Spanheim (ad Callimach. p. 275, &c.), and Muncker (ad Hygin. Fab. 99, 173, 18...

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