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atalanta (greek mythology)

Aphrodite the beauty

After giving Athena a makeover Aphrodite becomes jealous of her friend, but she focuses on figuring out how to help a mortal win a race against Atalanta, which will result in either their marriage or his death.

Aphrodite the beauty

After giving Athena a makeover Aphrodite becomes jealous of her friend, but she focuses on figuring out how to help a mortal win a race against Atalanta, which will result in either their marriage or his death.

Go for the gold, Atalanta!

In this modern version of Greek mythology, Hades, King of the Underworld, tells the true story of Atalanta, the foot race, and the golden apples.
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Aphrodite the beauty

2013
After giving Athena a makeover Aphrodite becomes jealous of her friend, but she focuses on figuring out how to help a mortal win a race against Atalanta, which will result in either their marriage or his death.

Aphrodite the beauty

2012
After giving Athena a makeover Aphrodite becomes jealous of her friend, but she focuses on figuring out how to help a mortal win a race against Atalanta, which will result in either their marriage or his death.

Atalanta

the fastest runner in the world
1995
The tale of Atalanta who was abandoned as a child, saved by the goddess Artemis, and grew to be a great hunter and a fast runner.

Atalanta

the race against destiny : a Greek myth
2007
A graphic novel retelling of the Greek myth of Atalanta, a princess abandoned to die as an infant, who was raised by a bear, became famous for her skills as a hunter and runner, and whose fate was sealed when she ignored the warning of an oracle never to marry.

Atalanta and the Arcadian beast

2003
Twelve-year-old Atalanta discovers a home and friendship with a bear, misunderstanding from town-dwellers, and grudging respect from the great hunter Orion, as together they pursue mysterious creature that killed her father.

Quiver

2002
Sixteen-year-old Atalanta, abandoned as an infant, has grown to become a renowned archer and swiftest mortal alive due to the intervention of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, so when the father who forsook her so many years before issues an ultimatum that Atalanta marry and produce an heir, she counters with the condition that the man she weds must be able to best her in a footrace or die.

Aphrodite's blessings

love stories from the Greek myths
2002
Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche, three female characters in Greek mythology, tell the stories of their marriages. Includes information on love and marriage in ancient Greece.

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