Meleager

Meleager, whose spear provides the final deathblow, has been moved from the left side of the marble composition to a central position in the painting.

They declared that Atalanta should not have the skin and told Meleager he had no more right to give it away than anyone else had.

As it blazed up, Meleager fell to the ground dying, and by the time it was consumed his spirit had slipped away from his body.

They felt themselves insulted and were furiously angry at having the prize go to a girl—as, no doubt, was the case with others, but they were Meleager’s uncles and did not need to stand on any ceremony with him.

Oeneus’ son, Meleager, fell in love with her at first sight.