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Tayah Muhammad & Haylee Ewert, Josh Boyer & Venkat MadduriHeroic Qualities/ Flaws Qualities

FlawsConfident.Didnt know love.Achieved enough that her father forgave her for not being a son and let her come home.She had a lot of male qualities.Valued her freedom over everything.Resisted marryingAthletic, good hunter, Independent, Unrivalled beauty.Didnt have princess qualities.

Infancy- Abandoned by her father in the mountains to get eaten by wolves because she wasnt a son like he wanted. She was then nursed And nurtured by a bear.

Childhood- Nursed by one of Artermiss bears. Found by a hunter, and then raised by him.

Fighting centaurs- Rhoecus and Hylaeus attempted to rape her, she quickly killed them with herarrows.

Meleager:Son of Calydon and Althaea.At a young age, he came to be regarded as second only to Heracles in his abilities.Was brave and nobleWas married to Cleopatra and had a daughter Polydora. He naturally took a leading role in killing the boar during what became known as the Calydonian Boar Hunt which lead to his death.

Quest: Calydonian boar hunt

Atalanta joined Meleager and others to go on the hunt for a boar. Many of the men were angry that a woman was joining them on this hunt but Meleager persuaded them to include her. Atalanta was a big contribute to this hunt, her shooting skills allowed her to draw first blood which helped Meleager in the final kill of the boar. As a reward Meleager, who was at the time in love with Atalanta, gave the boars head to her which made his uncles very mad. As a result Meleager killed his uncles which led to his mom killing him. His mother burns the magic stick from the Fates visit, as predicted Meleager dies.

Task: Foot Race After the Calydonian boar hunt, Atalanta was rediscovered by her father. He wanted her to be married, but Atalanta, uninterested in marriage, said she would marry someone who could beat her in aFootrace. Hippomenes was the first to win the race. He had asked Aphrodite forhelp before the race. She gave him three golden apples to slow Atalanta down.The apples were irresistible, where if Atalanta got ahead of him, Hippomeneswould just roll an apple in front of her which she would then immediately chaseafter. Because of this tactic, Hippomenes won the footrace and then marriedAtalanta. They eventually had a son; Parthenopaios who was one of the sevenagainst Thebes. Zues/Hera turned Atalanta and Hippomenes into lions afterthey made love together in one of his temples.

Atalantas Apperence:Atalanta was a great and famoushuntress. She was exposed by her fatherin the wilderness at birth, but wassuckled by a she-bear and afterwardsfound and raised by hunters. She sworeTo defend her virginity in which shekept to that promise, Killing anyonewho tried to rape her/take her virginity. Due to the environment She was raisedin, it affected a lot of her qualities, she had many boyish aspects such as her athleticism and her ability to hunt.Before her Race, she looked beautiful.

Major Archetypes:Earth Mother- The bear; who nursed herSupernatural Intervention- Aphrodite- how she gave Hippomenes the golden apples saying it the only way to win the race against Atalanta. The innocent- Atalanta; When she was young she grew up with bears and when she got older she was raised by hunters~ She only knew the way of life of hunters and bears, she didnt know anything different.Trickster- Hippomenes; he used golden apples to win the race so she would marry him.

Motifs/Themes:Motif~Beauty- The beauty of Atalanta was like a common trait in myths and legends, beauty seems to stick with the good side, because its easy to understand and associate beauty with good, and ugly with evil.

Theme~Love conquers all- Throughout the myth, you see and understand the unwilling attitude Atalanta had towards getting married. She didnt want any change in her life and was sure marriage would change a lot of things about her life, for example her independence. But towards the end, after Hippomenes and Atalanta had the race and he won, she opened herself up to fall in love and get married.

Atalantas~ Summary

Lessons of the myth:Males are Superior- At the beginning of the story, Atalantas father was disappointed that she was not a male. So he took her and left her in the mountains to die. This example shows how superior males are at the time. Another example is during the boar hunt, those who were hunting were all males and they were against the fact that a female was joining and helping them. Enjoy your Freedom-She loved the freedom she had, She did not want to change her life. She wanted things to stay just the way they were, which is why she was so hesitant to get married. Marriage does not limit you- After marriage, Atalanta found being married doesnt change who you are. She still had the same qualities and intrests as before marriage. Most Important:In the end the female cannot avoid her fate: to get married.

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