You Are the Greek Hero Atalanta
The Greek Heroes
All the Greek heroes worked hard and generally they played equally hard. They were beloved of the gods and sometimes equally hated. They didn't get a reputation as heroes because they rescued people from burning buildings, but because they showed divine assistance and incredible, seemingly superhuman abilities. On the whole, they were too big for their hometowns and so set off on what we now think of typically heroic quests. Just as the gods were popular ancestors for the ancient Greeks, so were the heroes. Likewise, the stories of neither gods nor heroes are entirely consistent and there is overlap.About Atalanta
Atalanta appears to be two female athletes combined into one. When an infant she was exposed and suckled by a bear Artemis sent. In later life, like Artemis, Atalanta prized her virginity. Atalanta drew first blood in the Calydonian Boar hunt and is known also for the race she lost by stopping for the golden apples of Aphrodite. The result of losing the race was that she had to marry. Atalanta may have been one of the Argonauts.
Since you are Atalanta, you are physically fit and sexually appealing. You can take the lead without making a fuss about it, although those around you may. However, if things really go badly, you may stubbornly pull a stunt that lands you in hot water, like the act of sexual desecration that led to Atalanta and her lover being turned into lions.
Peleus and Atalanta wrestling, black-figured hydria, ca. 550 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen.
Public Domain. Courtesy of Bibi Saint-Pol at Wikipedia.
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