Atalanta

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Atalanta

• By
• Janet Moreno
• Elizabeth Rodriguez

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Father

• There hasnt been an agreement of him.
• He wanted a boy as a child not a girl.

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ALSO

• He wanted her to die in Arcadia
• She survived and was brought up by some hunters.

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LOOKS

• She was a beautiful women, who decide to keep
  herself as a virgin.

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STRENGTH

• She beat Peleus in a wrestling match. Who he
  later became Achilles' father.

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Killed

• She killed Rhoecus and Hylaeus in order to defend
  herself from being raped.

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Calydonian Hunters

• Where the men asked to save the people and the
  country from the boar.
• Atalanta was one of them who helped.

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First to hit the Boar

• Atalanta hit the boar first.
• Second was Amphiaraus
• Third was Meleager

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Prize

• Meleager received skin as his prize the love he
  had for Atalanta made him want to give it to her.

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DISPUTE

• Since Meleager gave the prize to Atalanta the
  rest of the hunters got upset said it belonged to
  them right of birth.

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Meleager Kills

• He lost his temper when his brother where taking
  back the skin from Atalanta that he killed them.

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Conditions to Marry

• After the reunited family of Atalanta and her
  Father
• Her father set up a contest.

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RULE 1

• Each men has to be in a race unarmed being chased
  by her with a weapon

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Rule 2

• If she beat him in the race she should kill him
  and fix his head in the stadium

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WINNER

• Melanion or Hippomenes 2

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THE END