Atalanta facts for kids

A statue of Atalanta

Atalanta ( Greek: Ἀταλάντη Atalantē) is person who is in Greek mythology. She was a virgin and was a huntress.

Atalanta was the daughter of Iacus who was an Arcadian princess. Her father King Iasus wanted a son. Atalanta was born and King Iasus left her on a mountaintop to die. Some stories say that a bear raised her. She reunited with her father afterwards.

Images for kids

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  Black-figure pottery showing a wrestling match between Peleus and Atalanta during the funerary games of King Pelias. In the background, the prize of the duel: the skin and the head of the Calydonian boar.

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  Oil painting depicting the footrace between Hippomenes and Atalanta by Noël Hallé, housed in the Louvre Museum.

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  A woodcut engraving of the transformation of Atalanta and Hippomenes. Rijksmuseum

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  Oil painting of Atalanta and Meleager hunting the Calydonian boar (Jan Fyt, 1648). The Ringling, Bequest of John Ringling, 1936.

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  Meleager presenting Atalante the head of the Calydonian Boar in 16th century alabaster, Bode Museum.

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  Landscape painting of the hunt. Jan Wildens, 17th century.

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  Meleager et Atalanta, from a drawing by Giulio Romano, engraved by François Louis Lonsing. Atalanta is at far left with bow; Meleager is right of her, spearing the Calydonian boar (1773).

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  Meleager Presenting the Head of the Caledonian Boar to Atalanta at the Temple of Artemis. M. Maurice Stora (1530–1535).

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  Atalanta and Meleager hunting the Calydonian boar. Woodcut by Giovanni Battista Palumba, print in the British Museum.

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  The Race between Atalanta and Hippomenes. Nicolas Colombel (1644–1717), Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna.

See also

In Spanish: Atalanta para niños