Atalante is the French name for

Atalanta Atalanta (; ) is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia (region), Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene (mythology), Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Caly ...

, a heroine of Greek mythology. Atalante also may refer to:

Places

36 Atalante 36 Atalante is a large, dark main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by the German-French astronomer H. Goldschmidt on October 5, 1855, and named by French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier after the Greek mythological heroine Atalanta (of which ...

, an asteroid *

L'Atalante basin L'Atalante basin is a hypersaline brine lake at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea about west of the island of Crete. It is named for the French ''L'Atalante'', one of the oceanographic research vessels involved in its discovery in 1993. L'At ...

, a deep hypersaline anoxic basin in the Mediterranean sea.

Greece

* Atalante (island), an island in Central Greece * Atalante (Attica), an island in Attica, Greece * Atalante (Macedon), a town of ancient Macedon, Greece * Atalante (Phthiotis), a town in Phthiotis, Greece

Fictional locations

Númenor Númenor, also called Elenna-nórë or Westernesse, is a fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings. It was the kingdom occupying a large island to the west of Middle-earth, the main setting of Tolkien's writings, and was the greatest civil ...

, a fictional island in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, also called "Atalantë"

People

* Atalantē, sister of Macedonian general

Perdiccas Perdiccas (, ''Perdikkas''; 355BC – 320BC) was a Macedonian general, successor of Alexander the Great, and the regent of Alexander's empire after his death. When Alexander was dying, he entrusted his signet ring to Perdiccas. Initially ...

and wife of

Attalus Attalus or Attalos may refer to: People *Several members of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon **Attalus I, ruled 241 BC–197 BC **Attalus II Philadelphus, ruled 160 BC–138 BC **Attalus III, ruled 138 BC–133 BC *Attalus, father of Ph ...

Fictional characters

* Atlantes, a magician in Boiardo's ''Orlando Innamorato'' (1482)

Arts and entertainment

* ''

L'Atalante ''L'Atalante'', also released as ''Le Chaland qui passe'' ("The Passing Barge"), is a 1934 French film written and directed by Jean Vigo, and starring Jean Dasté, Dita Parlo and Michel Simon. After the difficult release of his controversial sho ...

'', a 1934 French film * ''

Akallabêth ''The Silmarillion'' () is a book consisting of a collection of myths and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien. It was edited, partly written, and published posthumously by his son Christopher in 1977, assisted by G ...

'', a short story by Tolkien about the Fall of Númenor, subtitled ''Atalantë''

Transportation and vehicles

* Atalante, a body style for the 1937

Bugatti Type 57 The Bugatti Type 57 and later variants (including the famous Atlantic and Atalante) was a grand tourer built from 1934 through 1940. It was an entirely new design created by Jean Bugatti, son of founder Ettore. A total of 710 Type 57s were pr ...

automobile * , various ships of the French Navy

Other uses

* Atalante Quebec, a far-right group in Quebec