The Race between Atalanta and Hippomenes. Nicolas Colombel (1644–1717), Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna.

· Sets a race challenge: suitors must beat her in a footrace or be killed. · Hippomenes (or Melanion) beats her using three golden apples from Aphrodite to distract her. · They marry. During a sacred grove, they have sex, angering Zeus or Cybele. · Punished by death