#Artemis and Atalanta

[laddess-865]

So since someone decided to ruin my Christmas by trying to steal my art, I gotta make this post as proof that this is in fact mine. If anyone finds my art being posted by an account that is not my own, please contact me.

[medusaspeach]

Classicstober Day 17: Atalanta 🐗

Hanging out with Artemis.

[thereinart]

This is the heartwarming story of Atalanta being adopted by two lesbian disaster godesses

[im-an-apollogist]

They both have a soft side for babys, Artemis is just better at hiding it (except from Callisto)

[estel-of-the-eyrie]

HI HELLO YES THIS IS ALL I'M THINKING ABOUT FOR THE NEXT ETERNITY

MY GIRL!! SHE IS BACK

[tylermileslockett]

Week 14: FINAL ART FRIDAY, Close-ups and Trivia Art Piece: The Huntress of Artemis

The art is complete! After guiding you through plans, sketches, and timelapses, we proudly present the final reveal—where imagination meets the mythic at Lockett Studio. Here are five concise and surprising trivia facts about Atalanta of Arkadia: “The Huntress of Artemis”

Raised by Artemis’s She-Bear: As a feral child, Atalanta was nurtured by Artemis’s she-bear in the wilds of Arcadia, growing up with unparalleled agility and strength.

The Calydonian Boar Hunt: Atalanta gained fame for her crucial role in the Calydonian Boar Hunt, where she was the first to draw blood from the beast, proving her prowess as a warrior.

The Foot Race for Marriage: Atalanta set the challenge for her suitors—only those who could beat her in a foot race could marry her. Hippomenes won with the help of three golden apples given to him by Aphrodite.

Divine Retribution from Aphrodite: Despite her strength and independence, Atalanta’s marriage to Hippomenes angered Aphrodite, who cursed them to transform into lions for their transgression.

In Apollonius' tale, Atalanta is turned away from the Argonauts to avoid potential conflict, but Apollodorus lists her as part of the crew, leaving us to wonder how her presence might have shaped their journey. What do you think of Atalanta’s story? From the Calydonian Boar hunt to the foot race with Hippomenes, Atalanta's strength and fate are unforgettable. how does Atalanta's independent spirit compare to other independent women on Greek myth like Medea, Clytemnestra, and The Amazons? Share your thoughts in the comments!

[astroaaron]

Apollo: So…sis, anything you wanna tell me? Updates? Future plans? …New developments?

Artemis: (Holding baby Atalanta) No. Why do you ask?

[triclitch]

(Click of better Rez)

I desperately wanna see these babies in the next game 😭

Interaction based off a short story I wrote years ago 💀

This is gonna be a long ass chain 😭

[hyperpotamianarch]

So, after seeing @half-shadowgalra's post about what if Bianca stayed alive, I thought of analyzing the topic. So, my take on what might change, following the details of canon I can remember:

Firstly, let us assume that Bianca accidentally drove Talos into the Labyrinth, and just got severe head trauma and amnesia instead of dying. Zoe, Percy and co, however, still think she died and continue under this assumption. What happens next?

Well, as far as I know, only one god might actually know Bianca is still alive - her father, Hades. Who, I might say, is not present for the Winter Solstice council and doesn't seem like he'll inform anyone. He would want his daughter safe, probably, so there's a chance he'll send Alecto to find her and bring her somewhere safe - possibly the underworld. No guarantee that the Erinyes would succeed, though.

As to what we see in canon... In his angry burst, Nico mentions feeling Bianca being judged in the underworld, and having nightmares. I'm going to have to assume his nightmares will be altered. And, well... This certainty of her death, which was another sign of them being children of Hades, will likely not exist. How will it change things? Well, I think Nico will still be angry at Percy and consider him guilty of Bianca's death. Maybe. After all, the lack of certainty he had in another timeline can't actually help him realize Bianca is alive. He can't know he would've felt it if she died - even if he started feeling such things, he probably didn't understand that well enough yet. He might have some doubts, though. That's still a minor change, all things considered.

Next time Bianca's death affects the plot is the Iris-net messages. However, we might need to explore first what happened to Bianca. Especially since she not only fell into one of the most dangerous pieces of magical architecture, she did so in a time it was being explored by a whole bunch of people. At any given moment, she could encounter Luke's forces, Clarisse, Daedalus or one of the creatures looking for her. So, you're Bianca Di Angelo, daughter of Hades, who's trapped in a maze underground and have amnesia. What can you do?

Well, I think her bow and arrows are either right beside her or a summon away - the latter is going to be problematic, because she doesn't remember how to summon them. She'll probably have her hunting knife. Oh, and did I mention that she won't remember her training, whatever amount she had?

I don't think canon gives us much indication on what she might do in such a situation. Part of the question is how much she forgot. And since we're makeing this up anyway, we can go for the option we find the most fun! Oh, and I forgot Nico is joining everyone in the Labyrinth pretty quickly. Either way, I think I'll go (regarding her memories) with forgetting everything except for her brother. And English, though it will be fun to have her speak some Italian dialect for some time. Oh, and her name. Easier that way.

So, Bianca wakes up in a cave. She only remembers her name and that she has a brother called Nico. Who is, for some reason, not present. She hears weird sounds and runs away from them.

Now here's another bit: we don't know what Bianca's powers include beyond the ability to permanently kill skeletal warriors. Incidentally, we have another canonical Pluto kid who can control caves. Now sure, Hazel and Nico supposedly have between them Hades' two dominions: riches and death. No reason to keep them separate, however. Bianca can have some power over underground spaces. We have seen Hazel interact with the Labyrinth in the House of Hades, even manipulate it - though she was using magic instead of demigod powers, so we can't be sure if someone with similar powers but no magic could do it. I do think it's possible, though - especially without anyone directly resisting her. It'd be mostly instinctive and unintentional, though, so there's no telling where it would lead her.

Now, where would Bianca find herself? It's hard to tell. Everyone goes through the arena eventually, but it takes time. Bianca can get to many places, Camp Half-Blood included as well as Geryon's farm or the underworld. There really is no telling. Meanwhile, Nico is looking into ways to find his sister and bring her back. Does he realize she's alive? Or does he still try to learn from Minos? As far as I know, we were never told how he made his way to the underworld. Did Hades send Alecto to collect him? If so, does that mean we'll have a family reunion sooner rather than later? Or maybe does Bianca inadvertently run away from it in effort to stay alive and, ironically enough, find her brother?

One possible change would be that when Hades gets Nico, he tells him (at some point) that his sister is still alive. Not in an attempt to console him - Hades doesn't really know about that - but as a throwaway line when Nico mentions her death. I think I can picture that. Nico still runs away, but this time to find his living sister - all that assuming he somehow got to Hades' palace in the time between the Titan's Curse and the Battle of the Labyrinth. In such a case, he might not turn to Minos, which would significantly change BotL. So... Maybe the best option here is Nico not getting to Hades' palace/Hades being too secretive about it all.

Now, no Percy Jackson story is complete without old myths underlining events: Percy isn't compared to Heracles for naught, there are a couple of parallels between them - at least in monster slaying and such things. Sadly, I can't say I'm an expert in Greek mythology, and I'm not sure I know enough to create a story paralleling any myth. So, I kind of hope someone more experienced could come and give a fitting story - only thing I can think of right now is Atalanta, the huntress who took a vow of virginity, joined the Argonauts for a time and participated in the hunt for the Calydonian boar, drawing first blood and thus winning the boar's hide - which eventually lead to much strife. Now, one would think this boar was used in the past, like in tTC - but nope, it was a different boar, so I'm sure having some taste of the Atalanta myth could work. Kind of. Maybe, somehow, I don't know.

So, Bianca is dealing with her own stuff. Maybe, because I just thought of it, she can also have a taste of Cadmus' story - the guy looking for his disappearing sister who went on to found a city instead. I'll have to think about it for a bit, especially since I think both Atalanta and him had a weird "happily ever after in animal form" thing. Cadmus and his wife became snakes, while Atalanta and the husband she eventually did marry (thus breaking her vow of virginity, though the consequences were somehow unrelated) were turned into lions. Huh.

Anyway, she deals with that while running away from Alecto. Nico tries to find a way to reassure his sister while Minos hides the fact she's actually still alive from him. And maybe Bianca encounters Luke.

Now, the repercussions of Bianca being alive include Percy not getting the Iris-net calls about Nico. Which would mean that, if they meet in Geryon's farm, Percy has no way to convince Nico that Bianca doesn't want what he does. Which leaves us at an impasse, so Nico would head out with Minos straight away... Probably. Here's the thing: Bianca being down there means she can be found by someone. I think Clarisse isn't a good option for that, though. So, what if Luke found her? Would she join him? Or be killed? Well, obviously not the latter, we didn't save her so that someone else might kill her. But since we want her as a hero, we'd prefer her not to serve the titans, right?

So, after some thought: maybe she got to the arena and was forced to compete. Her fighting talent was promising, so Luke suggested she join them. And then... I think she run.

This is just a vague outline, and you may have noticed this is stream of thought writing. So, umm... well, I can only say that next she's probably told to give up the search for her brother and follow a cow, which probably should lead her to the huntresses, but instead of following it she'll keep looking and will find Nico, because I honestly don't like how easily Cadmus gave up on Europa just because the oracle told him. Curses be upon Zeus. Coming to think of it, the myth of Cadmus might fit well with the theme of BotL, because Cadmus is Minos' uncle. Yeah, it's all still stream of thought.

Bianca will probably meet Nico before the whole "king of ghosts" fiasco. I think this should affect the larger story, but I'm not sure how. So, umm... Let's leave it here for now?

So, a suggestion to a more organized outline: Bianca is in the Labyrinth. She runs away from some monster and accidentally finds herself in the company of some half-bloods loyal to Kronos. At first she journeys with them and they slay monsters together. However, after having drawn first blood from a very strong monster, some of the half-bloods became angry at her for hurting their egos or something? So she run away from them? Then she gets the magical cow, maybe Alecto finds her, and then she continues to search for her brother, who she maybe finds on the verge of killing someone to bring her back to life.

I might try to write it at some point, but I'm not very good at finishing stories. So, I guess we'll see.

[sarafangirlart]

Currently reading Hera by Jennifer Saint and I can safely tell you she’s not trying to turn Hera into a feminist icon, she doesn’t shy away from Hera’s cruelty at all.

The advertising really did this book dirty.

[littlesparklight]

In Greek myth, it certainly isn't just mortal children of gods who are exposed by their worried mothers; there are some perfectly regular mortals that are, too.

The demigod infants, if they aren't rescued immediately by human caretakers, are always nursed by an animal or other until they then are rescued. These animal nurses are either explicitly sent by, or, I should think, implicitly understood to be sent by, the child's divine parent.

We have at least three* "purely" mortal infants exposed for various reasons: (*I think these are the only ones?)

Oidipous, for the oracle that Laios' son will kill him. He isn't nursed by any animal, as far as I'm aware; he gets found quickly enough to simply be adopted. Atalanta - that is, the Arcadian, one, daughter of Iasus. (I definitely fall on the side of the likes of Timothy Gantz who argue that there were two Atalantas, with different stories and parentages; the Arcadian one would be the hunter and the one who in some versions join the Argo and who definitely participates in the funeral games of Pelias, wrestling Peleus to a victory.) Atalanta is nursed by a bear until she's picked up by hunters who raise her. Paris, who has a version (in the Bibliotheke) where he's nursed by a bear on Mount Ida for five days before either the servant who exposed him comes back, or he's simply found by some others and thus rescued.

What's interesting, I think, is that compared to the veritable cavalcade of different animals who nurse demigods, when it comes to these mortal-born, mortal children who are exposed, both times it's a bear.

A bear, which is Artemis' animal, protector of infants and young girls as she is. It's not actually spelled out (or even implied, I don't think), in either case that Artemis sent a bear to care for these infants who have no divine parent to do so until mortal caretakers can appear. But who else is to take pity (and in Paris' case, unintentionally assuring fate) than the goddess of the wilds, which is where these babies have been put, and who cares for infants?

Paris might have other rescuers, if we're to see an intentional rescue behind the bear who nurses him at all; the fates, Zeus, the mountain goddess-nymph of Mount Ida herself, who is his distant ancestor via the first king of the land. (I do like this possibility a lot, in fact.)

But still, the fact that it's a bear in both Atalanta's and Paris' cases is... compelling, isn't it?

Arcadian Atalanta, rescued by the (Arcadian) goddess' animal, and raised in the wilds by men who live in the wilds, suitable for a girl who herself will grow up to imitate the goddess - a mortal nymph, in a way. Paris, rescued, perhaps, by a goddess who calls the Troad hers, too, beside her brother, on Mount Ida the mother of beasts; a very suitable hunting ground for the goddess of the wilds and hunts, to notice a child in need of her protection.

[nerdasaurus1200]

I designed all the Hunters of Artemis!

[dgorringeart]

For your perusal and enjoyment; Minoan sealstones from Knossos, seeming to show an Artemis or an Atalanta sort of figure.

Or, well, some completely different lady archer with nice cans motif we don't understand because we can't read Linear A.

This is from an early 1900s copy of Arthur Evans' books on his excavations at Knossos. He's a sucker for incredibly obvious fakes like the Boston snake goddess, and really reaches to see scenes from later Greek myth in seal-stones- but he shows a lot of material that seems to have fallen out of circulation in later books that just seem to summarise each other.

[thereinart]

Artemis, Atalanta and Callisto when the world was soft and squishy

[something-something-here]

Omg i missed ur zartemis post 🥹🥹🤤

Awww I also missed you people who enable my delusion— Work + College have dried my brain I fear, but the tragic lesbians keep me alive! (also I started reading Atalanta by Jennifer Saint and it kick-started my brain, I'm only on the 2nd chapter and the characters and descriptions are so -gay- I mean, good you guys)

[fostydosty]

Zeus after Atalanta has sex w her husband in his temple: Artemis, dear, curse them to never fornicate again!

Artemis, knowing that Zeus started the rumor that lions can only copulate with panthers, rather than their own species: oh yeah, dad. Right on that