Comparative mythology corpus

Marriage Race With Death Penalty

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5537-5632 high Atalanta agrees to marry only the man who can outrun her, defeated suitors being killed; Melanion wins by a stratagem similar to that attributed by Ovid to Hippomenes and becomes her husband. record