Atalanta

Atalanta
Princess of Arcadia
Member of the Argonauts
Atalanta surrounded by three Erotes, Attic white-ground lekythos, c. 500470 BC
AbodeArcadia
SymbolsGolden apple, bear, lion
Genealogy
Parents
ConsortMeleager
Ares (possibly)
Hippomenes (or Melanion)
OffspringParthenopaeus

Atalanta (/ˌætəˈlæntə/; 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, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts; and the other from Boeotia, who is the daughter of King Schoeneus and is primarily noted for her skill in the footrace. In both versions, Atalanta was a local figure allied to the goddess Artemis; in such oral traditions, minor characters were often assigned different names, resulting in minor regional variations.