Question 10 • SS - TX-English II B
In the myth, Atalanta and her husband (often called Hippomenes or Melanion) had sex in a sacred place, offending the goddess Cybele. As punishment, Cybele turned them into lions. The transformation was therefore a punishment for offending a god, not an honor or a way to preserve Atalanta’s innocence.
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