Atalanta
the daughter of Jason and Clymene, celebrated for her skill in archery, was a native of Arcadia. She slew the Centaurs, Rhœcus and Hylæus; sailed to Colchis with the Argonauts, and was afterward present at the chase of the Calydonian boar, which she was the first to wound. Another Atalanta, daughter of Schœneus, King of Scyros, was renowned for her beauty, and swiftness in running. She required each of her lovers to run a race with her. Her admirer was to run before, unarmed, while she followed him with a dart. If she could not overtake him, she was his own; but if he were outrun, he was doomed to death, his head to be set up at the goal. Many had fallen victims in the attempt, when Hippomenes, the son of Mægareus, by the aid of Venus, overcame her. The goddess gave him three golden apples, which he threw behind him, one after the other, as he ran.
Atalanta stopped to pick them up, and Hippomenes reached the goal before her.
Her former reserve now gave place to such ungovernable passion that the chaste Ceres, becoming offended, changed both the parties into lions, and compelled them from that time to draw her chariot.