Atalanta's

Then Atalanta's son, who was not an Argive but an Arcadian, hurling himself like a hurricane at the gates, called for fire and picks to raze the town; but

The Phoenissae 2008

Then Atalanta's son, who was not an Argive but an Arcadian, hurling himself like a hurricane at the gates, called for fire and picks to raze the town; but

The Phoenissae 2008

And that unseasonable and puerile hurry to snatch by way of earnest at the first works which come within reach, I utterly condemn and reject as an Atalanta's apple that hinders the race. 1 Such then is the office of this natural history of mine.

The Great Instauration 2005

And that unseasonable and puerile hurry to snatch by way of earnest at the first works which come within reach, I utterly condemn and reject as an Atalanta's apple that hinders the race. 1 Such then is the office of this natural history of mine.

The Great Instauration 2005

But for myself, aiming as I do at greater things, I condemn all unseasonable and premature tarrying over such things as these, being (as I often say) like Atalanta's balls.

The New Organon 2005

The second class, who were equally offensive, consisted of those who practised blind experience, which is mere [v. 03 p. 0146] groping in the dark (_vaga experientia mera palpatio est_), who occasionally hit upon good works or inventions, which, like Atalanta's apples, distracted them from further steady and gradual progress towards universal truth.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various

A wreath of leaves as sign of victory was being placed on Atalanta's beautiful head by the adoring hands of Meleager when his mother gave him his doom.

A Book of Myths Jeanie Lang

Then Hippomenes spoke to the folk in wonder, and they told him of Atalanta's race and of what would befall the youths who were defeated in it.

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum 1926

They laid him down with his head upon Atalanta's lap.

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum 1926

The boar, roused again by Atalanta's arrow, turned on the hunters.

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum 1926