The Huntress Atalanta who vowed that she would only marry the man who could beat her in a foot race has finally met her match Hippomenes who discovered the race and its prize by visiting the city seeing a gathering crowd on the edge of town joined the pensive group and upon asking two elderly merchants what this race was they explained to Hippomenes ¡§Atalanta the swift foot has put up a challenge to all youths that if any one can beat her in a foot race he will win the right to her hand in marriage a fair will by any standards those that fail to win will have execution as their prize¡¨ later after the race where the youth lost his life Hippomenes was heard exclaiming ¡§youths! How foolish they are to go in a race against her she is indeed suited to the title ¡¥swift foot¡¦ I conclude that only a witch would have these powers to defeat youths so easily as this¡¨ after three more youths had lost their lives no more tried out on Saturday and headed off to the tavern where......
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