She In Equal Weight Print

Fine Art Giclee on Fine Art Paper 

8" x 10"

“She in equal weight” .

Atalanta is the only human in my "Women of Myth" collection and it’s because she is a badass and kinda my hero. 

Atalanta was left on a mountaintop to die by her father who wanted a son. Instead, a mother bear found her and raised her as her own. Atalanta grew up to be a fierce huntress, learning to hunt and fight as a bear would.

In some versions of Atalanta’s myth, the prince and hero Meleager was out hunting and killed a bear that just so happened to be Atalanta’s brother. Obviously enraged, Atalanta attacked Meleager with every intention of killing him, but Meleager was strong, too, so a long battle ensued. The two fought until they couldn’t and collapsed in exhaustion and this is how their love story began. From this moment on they shared all of their time hunting and going on adventures together - much to the displeasure of Meleager’s mother. .
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Later, Meleager received word of a ferocious boar sent by Artemis that was wreaking havoc in Calydon. Meleager was asked to assemble a team of hunters to kill the boar that had already killed so many. Meleager gathered his hunting party that included many other famous heroes, including Atalanta. Despite objections from the other men that they would not travel with a woman, Meleager persuaded them to still join the hunt. .

When they finally confronted the boar, several men were killed, but Atalanta was able to land the first arrow that wounded the boar enabling Meleager to kill it. Having been the first to draw blood, Meleager awarded Atalanta the prize of the Boar’s hide and head. This didn’t sit well with the same men that protested her joining the hunting party to begin with. Two of the more vocal men speaking out against Atalanta receiving the trophy just so happened to be Meleager’s uncles, so Meleager did the only thing you can do to settle a family matter by killing them both. When Meleager’s mom learned what he did and for whom he did it, she burned the magical log that was keeping him alive and killed him (which is another story in itself).

Atalanta distraught to lose her one true love, swore to never love or marry again.