Artemis - by Jean S. Bolen

The Indomitable Spirit In Everywoman The indomitable Jean Bolen gives meaning and purpose to women's lives through the retelling of important archetypal myths, and her bestselling classic Goddesses in Everywoman has been widely read and soundly praised by women everywhere-from fictional characters like Bridget Jones to feminist icons like Gloria Steinem.Now comes a new book written in the same spirit and with the same vitality. In Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman, Bolen delves deeply into the myth of Atalanta, the famous hunter and runner in ancient Greek mythology, a mortal woman who identified with Artemis, the Greek Goddess of the Hunt and Moon. Atalanta began life abandoned and left to die because she was born a girl. She faced the Calydon Boar and drew first blood; she was the runner who would demand to be beaten in a footrace by the man who could claim her as his bride. She exemplifies the indomitable spirit in competent, courageous girls and in the women they become