Sixteen-year-old Atalanta, abandoned as an infant, has grown to become a renowned archer and swiftest mortal alive due to the intervention of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, so when the father who forsook her so many years before issues an ultimatum that Atalanta marry and produce an heir, she counters with the condition that the man she weds must be able to best her in a footrace or die.
year: 2002, 2005
call number/section: 1000
subjects: atalanta (greek mythology), fiction, mythology, greek, hunters, running races, sex role
Editions
Spinner, Stephanie
Distributed by Random House (2002)
Sixteen-year-old Atalanta, abandoned as an infant, has grown to become a renowned archer and swiftest mortal alive due to the intervention of Artemis, goddess of the hunt, so when the father who forsook her so many years before issues an ultimatum that Atalanta marry and produce an heir, she counters with the condition that the man she weds must be able to best her in a footrace or die.
Schools: 9
Spinner, Stephanie
Dell Laurel-Leaf (2005)
Sixteen-year-old Atalanta, abandoned as an infant, has grown into a renowned archer, and the fastest mortal in the land, so when her father issues her an ultimatum that she must marry and produec an heir, she counters with the condition the one she marries must beat her in a footrace.
Schools: 1