person
Atalanta
also: daughter of Schoeneus, Schoeneis
The swift-footed daughter of Schoeneus who set her suitors a deadly footrace and was won by Hippomenes with Venus's golden apples; some distinguish her from the Arcadian huntress Atalanta of the Calydonian hunt.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §10.312 Atalanta
The swift daughter of Schoeneus, who set suitors a deadly race; won by Hippomenes (distinguished by some from the Arcadian huntress Atalanta).