Editing Atalanta (section)

===Early life===
[[File:Atalanta Lepautre Louvre MR1804.jpg|thumb|Atalanta. Marble, 1703–1705. Copy by Pierre Lepautre of a Roman work after a Hellenistic original.]]
At birth, Atalanta was taken to [[Mount Parthenion]] to be [[Infant exposure|exposed]] because her father had desired a son.<ref name=":2" /> A she-bear—one of the symbols of Artemis—whose cubs had been recently killed by hunters came upon Atalanta and nursed her until those same hunters discovered her and raised her themselves in the mountains.<ref name=":0" /> Atalanta then grew up to be a swift-footed virgin who eschewed men and devoted herself to the huntress Artemis.<ref name=":2" />

Atalanta modelled herself after Artemis, wearing a simple sleeveless [[tunic]] that reached her knees and living in the [[wilderness]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> While living in the wild, Atalanta slew two [[centaurs]] with her bow and arrows, Rhoecus and Hylaios, after her beauty caught their attention and they attempted to rape her.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />