[Περὶ Ἀταλάντης καὶ Μειλανίωνος.]

Λέγεται περὶ Ἀταλάντης καὶ Μειλανίωνος ὡς ὁ μὲν ἐγένετο λέων, ἡ δὲ λέαινα. ἦν δὲ τὸ ἀληθὲς τοιοῦτον. Ἀταλάντη καὶ Μειλανίων ἐκυνηγέτουν. ἀναπείθει δὲ τὴν κόρην ὁ Μειλανίων μιγῆναι αὐτῷ. εἰσέρχονται δὲ εἴς τι σπήλαιον μιχθησόμενοι. ἦν δὲ ἐν τῷ ἄντρῳ εὐνὴ λέοντος καὶ λεαίνης, οἳ δή, ἀκούσαντες φωνῆς, ἐξελθόντες ἐμπίπτουσι τοῖς περὶ Ἀταλάντην καὶ ἀναιροῦσιν αὐτούς. μετὰ δὲ χρόνον τοῦ λέοντος καὶ τῆς λεαίνης ἐξελθόντων, ἰδόντες τούτους οἱ συγκυνηγετοῦντες τῷ Μειλανίωνι, ἔδοξαν αὐτοὺς εἰς ταῦτα τὰ ζῷα μεταβληθῆναι. εἰσβάλλοντες οὖν εἰς τὴν πόλιν διεφήμιζον ὡς οἱ περὶ Ἀταλάντην [καὶ Μειλανίωνα] εἰς λέοντας μετεβλήθησαν.

De Incredibilibus. Palaiphatos. ed. Nicola Festa. Leipzig. 1902.

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De Incredibilibus (Greek) (Palaiphatos. Mythographi Graeci. Vol. 3, fasc. 2. Festa, Nicola, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1902.)

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Atalanta & Meilanion

What’s said about Atalanta and Meilanion is that he changed into a lion, and she a lioness.

But the truth is the following. Atalanta and Meilanion were hunting. Meilanion persuaded the girl to have sex with him. They entered a cave to have sex. However, deep in the cave was the den of a lion and a lioness; hearing the sound, they emerged, pounced on Atalanta and her husband, and did away with them. Afterwards, when the lion and the lioness came out, Meilanion’s hunting companions saw them and deduced that the couple had been transformed into those animals. So, rushing back to the city, they spread the story that Atalanta and her husband had been transformed into lions.

Palaiphatos De Incredibilibus 13

ed. Nicola Festa

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