Equal opportunity on this adventure and a rare, authentic female
Greek hero appears. Of course, this being a Greek myth, Atalanta
is all kinds of messed up. Pro tip: don’t ask her out, she has
serious commitment issues. Theseus was the muscles from Athens.
He made his name administering a special brand of justice to the
bandits plaguing the roads and the stories are from those days.
He is the one that took the Minotaur by the horns and started
the whole sordid matador (bullfighter) business. Atalanta was
the usual hard-luck hero story, abandoned at birth and left in
the forest. Animals raised her and later hunters adapted her.
She foreswore love and accounts have her killing suitors who
failed to beat her in a footrace. Like the male athletes of the
period, she run naked – you might die trying to win her hand,
but you will be smiling from start to finish. How do those two
play out in a tale of Xena and Lyceus? Think popular
entertainment of the day. It is hero time, straight from the
myths. Discuss in FORUMS.