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Atalanta (/ ˌ æ t ə ˈ l æ n t ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀταλάντη, romanized: Atalántē, lit. 'equal in weight') is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, [1] whose parents were Iasus and Clymene [2] [3] and who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts; [4] and the other from Boeotia, who ...
Atalanta (HWV 35) is a pastoral opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel composed in 1736. It is based upon the mythological female athlete, Atalanta , the libretto (which is in Italian) being derived from the book La Caccia in Etolia by Belisario Valeriani.
A retelling of Atalanta performed by Alda and Thomas. Warwick sings "The Sun and the Moon" with many paintings of the sun and moon shown. Hoffman reads compositions by Jules Siegel. Smothers sings "Helping", a poem by Shel Silverstein. Thomas talks to children about having a sibling, then the Voices of East Harlem perform "Sisters and Brothers."
A huntress named Atalanta who raced against a suitor named Melanion, also known as Hippomenes. Melanion used golden apples to distract Atalanta so that he could win the race. Though abandoned by her father as an infant, Atalanta became a skilled hunter and received acclaim for her role in the hunt for the Calydonian boar.
Tondo of a Laconian black-figure cup by the Naucratis Painter, c. 555 BCE (). Since the Calydonian boar hunt drew together numerous heroes [5] —among whom were many who were venerated as progenitors of their local ruling houses among tribal groups of Hellenes into Classical times—it offered a natural subject in classical art, for it was redolent with the web of myth that gathered around ...
Atalanta discovers that the women have killed all the men on the island and are planning to sacrifice the crew. She warns Jason, and the Argonauts flee the island. The crew become rebellious and Jason has Zetes , a young man with brilliant vision, see the stars and find their route to Tabletop Island, where they find Phineus .
The name Hippomenes may also refer to the father of Leimone. Atalanta and Hippomenes, Guido Reni, c. 1622–25. In Greek mythology, Hippomenes (/ h ɪ ˈ p ɒ m ɪ n iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἱππομένης), also known as Melanion (/ m ə ˈ l æ n i ə n /; Μελανίων or Μειλανίων), [1] was a son of the Arcadian Amphidamas [2] or of King Megareus of Onchestus [3] and the ...
Atalanta 3 Arcadia daughter of Schoeneus or Iasus; Atalanta is included on the list by Pseudo-Apollodorus, but Apollonius [12] claims that Jason forbade her because she was a woman and could cause strife in the otherwise all-male crew. Other sources state that she was asked, but refused.