Study Guide

Atalanta

Profile

Atalanta was no damsel in distress. Known for being a kick-butt huntress and a super-fast runner, this lady had a habit of ticking off macho men who couldn't stand that a woman was better at typically manly activities. Some of Atalanta's most famous feats were drawing first blood in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, slaying some unruly centaurs, and voyaging with Jason and the Argonauts on the Quest for the Golden Fleece. Her biggest defeat was losing a foot race to a suitor named Hippomenes, who she had to marry after. Hippomenes totally cheated, though, so maybe we shouldn't count it as a defeat. All in all, Atalanta was one tough chick.

Basic Information

Name	Atalanta
Nickname	The huntress, the Atalantanator
Sex	Female
Current city	Elysium

Work & Education

Occupation	Huntress Princess of Arcadia
Education	Artemis' School of Wilderness Survival

Beliefs

Political views

Amazonian Feminist

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Iasus (my jerk-wad dad who abandoned me at birth) Kymene (my mom)
Siblings	None
Children	Parthenopaios (who some say I had with Hippomenes)
Friends	Jason and the Argonauts (who I joined in the Quest for the Golden Fleece) Meleager (who stood up for me on the Calydonian Boar Hunt) Artemis (my goddess of choice)
Enemies	Hippomenes (who totally cheated in our foot race that forced me to marry him) Plexippus, Toxeus, Iphicles, and Eurypylus (who tried to take the hide of the Calydonian Boar from me)

Relationships

Relationship status	Married to Hippomenes (unwillingly)
Interested in	Nobody

Favorites

TV Shows	Buckmasters Xena: Warrior Princess Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Quotations	"My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." – William Sharp "Not even girls want to be girls as long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power." – William Moulton Marston "A hard headed woman is a thorn in the side of man." – from "Hard Headed Woman" by Wanda Jackson "R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Find out what it means to me." – from "Respect" by Aretha Franklin "Don't hide yourself in regret. Just love yourself and you're set. I'm on the right track baby. I was born this way." – from "Born this Way" by Lady Gaga
Books	The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston The Call of the Wild by Jack London Antigone by Sophocles Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Lisbeth is no joke.) The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw (I think she must've been descended from me.)
Music	Born This Way by Lady Gaga Hunter by Björk It's a Man's World by James Brown Four Women by Nina Simone The Distance by Cake Samson by Regina Spektor Respect by Aretha Franklin Hard Headed Woman by Wanda Jackson
Movies	Brave Mulan Million Dollar Baby The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Wrestling Women USA! Kill Bill: Vol 1 Girlfight

Activities & Interests

Likes	Marion Jones Big Buck Hunter Feminism Safaris Roller Derby WNBA
Interests	Wildlife Conservation
Groups	Society of Female Warriors 1,000,000 Hunters United Stars of Track and Field Roller Derby Girls WNBA

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