book cover of Atalanta the Fastest Runner in the World
 

Atalanta the Fastest Runner in the World

(1995)
A Tale of Ancient Greece
(A book in the Tales of Ancient Lands series)
A collection of stories by

 
 
This powerful story is a retelling of the classic Greek myth about the intervention of the goddess Artemis in the life of a young woman. Atalanta, the great hunter and runner, when forced to choose a husband, insists that any man who wishes to wed her must first defeat her in a race -- or die by her hand.


Genre: Young Adult Fantasy

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