Atalanta

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Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar by Guillaume Boichot ca 1800 The Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain How did Meleager die

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The Greek heroes were a group of especially notable or superhuman mortals from myth In Greek religion they were often worshipped in hero cult after they died

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Castor and Pollux or Polydeuces collectively known as the Dioscuri were divine twins from Sparta who took part in many heroic exploits They became gods after their

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Isis was the supreme sorceress and healer of the Egyptian pantheon a devoted wife and mother Thanks to her power and wits she both saved her husband s body and

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Centaurs were hybrid creatures human from the waist up but with the body and legs of a horse They lived an untamed and brutal existence in the forests and mountains of

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Greek mythology is the body of work detailing the origins of the ancient Hellenic world and the many deities who ruled over it It includes the histories of gods and goddesses heroes and

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Aphrodite caused Hippomenes and Atalanta to be overcome by desire while in a temple the two began to make love right there on the sacred ground This offended the gods

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Ancaeus son of Lycurgus of Tegea was an Arcadian hero and strongman who wore a bearskin and wielded a double ax He took part in the voyage of the Argonauts and

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Hector was a prince and hero of Troy who defended his city during the Trojan War In the end he was slain by Achilles the greatest of the Greek warriors