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Hippomenes appears in the story simply because he was truly in love with Atalanta. He is referred to in the chapter on the goddess Artemis, although Artemis was not the goddess who empowered him to win Atalanta/ Hippomenes was only able to win her because she allowed him to.

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Goddesses in Everywoman: A New Psychology of Women