The Golden Apples: The Story of Atalanta and Hippomenes

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The Golden Apples The Story of Atalanta and
Hippomenes

• John Brown
• Caitlin Bostic
• Santana Bush

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Characters

• Atalanta- Was the daughter of Iasion and Arcadia,
  also a beautiful muscular young woman that was a
  princess, was brought up by bears, abandoned at
  birth by her dad due to being a female.
• Hippomenes- Went to Aphrodite for help to win the
  race against Atalanta, and received golden apples
  to his advantage.
• Aprohdite- Goddess of love and beauty, daughter
  of Zeus and Dione, born in the foam in the sea
• Zeus- The King of all gods
• Venus- Goddess of love and beauty
• Iasion- The father of Atalanta

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Plot / Setting

• Atalanta was abandoned by her father because of
  her gender. Also raised by bears, she refused to
  get married, but her father wanted her to get
  married. So she challenged men in a foot race
  that wanted to marry her.
• Hippomenes accepted Atalantas
• challenge for marriage, received help from
  Aphrodite or Venus and she lended him golden
  apples to distract Atalanta during the race.
• Hippomenes won the race and they soon later were
  married. They were caught laying in Zeuss sacred
  temple, and soon were turned into lions.
• Setting took place in the woods/ outdoors, also
  some parts of the story took place in the holy
  temple

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The Race of Atalata and Hippomenes
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Symbolism

• Golden apples- Are known as a beautiful fruit,
  had to use them wisely
• Loin- Meaning strength
• Running sandals- Basically the tennis shoes of
  our modern world

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Theme / Moral lesson

• Atalanta was alone because ahe did not want to be
  married for her dads sake, or marry for money.
  She wanted to marry for love.
• Throughout the story she learned to love someone
  for who he was and not for what they can do.

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Quotes/ lines
Quote by Hippomenes No person could be worth
such a risk! Only an Idiot would try to win her
for his wife!   Quote by Apollo You must
never marry, if you do you will surely lose your
own identity.   Quote by Atalanta I will race
anyone who wants to marry me! Whoever is so swift
that he can out run me will receive the prize of
my hand in marriage, but whoever I beat will
die.   Quote by Hippomenes Forgive me, for I
did not no so what of a prize she is.   Quote by
Atalanta Go stranger, Im not worth the loss
of your life.
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Quiz