Illustration: JAK

Atalanta 1: Who would leave a baby in the forest?

Two babies face immense danger the moment they are born, leagues apart, on the same day.

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Abandoned with nothing but a scrap of cloth which bears her name, a baby cries on the forest floor. The goddesses Artemis and Athena watch in astonishment as a mother bear, grieving for her own cub killed by hunters, discovers the tiny newborn. On the same day, the Fates visit a newborn prince, and predict a terrible end to his life. What will become of these two babes?