Why is Atalanta included in the same group as Perseus, Theseus, and Hercules? What sets Atalanta apart from every other hero we've studied from Greek mythology?
Why would Edith Hamilton--and her source material--treat Atalanta differently from these other heroic figures?

Out of the four of them, Atalanta is the only female. Specifically, her myth revolved around being so fast that she could beat any man- and any of her suitors- in a footrace. The man she ended up marrying 'beat' her by chucking a bunch of golden apples over her head.

Explanation:

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

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