Mythic Warriors — Season 1, Episode 9: Atalanta: The Wild Girl

Episode synopsis

Atalanta, abandoned as a baby, is raised by bears and becomes the ""wild girl"" protector of the animals. Though she hates man for his hunting ways, when Prince Meleager meets her, for the first time Atalanta begins to see her ""human"" side. But while love is budding between Meleager and Atalanta, Artemis, goddess of the hunt, becomes jealous of this mortal girl who dares to challenge her rule over the hunting grounds of earth. Out of vengeance, Artemis creates the Calydonian Boar, a gigantic metal monster and sends it after Atalanta. The terrible boar wreaks havoc on the kingdom and Prince Meleager and his uncles are sent to kill the monster. When Atalanta tries to help Prince Meleager track the metal boar, the uncles shun her, being just as prejudiced against the uncouth ""wild girl"" as the goddess Artemis. In the end, to Artemis' dismay, it is Meleager, and not Atalanta, who is nearly killed by the boar, leaving the goddess to regret her jealousy. But Meleager survives, and accepting At

About Mythic Warriors

Mythic Warriors is a Canadian-produced animated television series that was a fixture of CBS' Saturday-morning cartoon lineup. The show featured retellings of popular Greek myths that were altered so as to be appropriate for younger audiences. Two seasons of episodes were produced in 1998 and 1999; then aired alongside reruns until 2000, when CBS' abolition of its children's programming resulted in its cancellation. The programme was continues to be re-aired on STV. Original in 2009 on wknd@stv, which is a children's television strand on Scottish television channel, then on Saturday mornings on STV during 2010. The series has been translated into Scottish Gaelic and is broadcast on BBC Alba since 2012. Most of the characters in the show are all portrayed with their original Greek names, though Romanized exceptions were also utilized.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Andromeda: The Warrior Princess
• E2Hercules and Iolas
• E3Ulysses and the Journey Home
• E4Perseus: The Search for Medusa
• E5Jason and the Argonauts
• E6Persephone and the Winter Seeds
• E7Daedalus and Icarus
• E8Ulysses and Circe
• E10Prometheus and Pandora's Box
• E11Bellerophon and Pegasus
• E12Theseus and the Minotaur
• E13The Labors of Hercules