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3 May 2016
This line is described in detail in the page “THE ROYAL LINEAGE OF ARCADIA:
ATALANTA”
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– Aphidas “the one who decides”, symbol of the seeker who advances quickly on the path,
who does not dwell on situations which he feels hold him back.
The latter had a son, Aleos “the one who works for the liberation” and a daughter
Stheneboea “a powerful incarnation”. The latter married Proitos “the one who puts forward
the consciousness on the higher planes” which is among the ancestors of Heracles
– Auge “bright light”: after Megara and Deianira, Heracles had a long affair with this heroine
whom he had seduced or even raped when coming to recover the horses of Laomedon. She
gave him a son Telephos “the light in the distance”.
– Kepheus “the head” or “the mind”: he had a daughter Sterope “a vision extended and
through lightnings”.
– Lykurgus “one who passionately desires light”. He joined Cleophyle “a glorious order” or
Eurynome “great accuracy” which gave him four sons among whom:
The latter is the father of Atalanta who embodies the achievement of “equality” in the sense
given by Sri Aurobindo. This heroine took part in the Calydon boar hunt which concerns the
purification of the low vital (Cf. THE CALYDONIAN BOAR HUNT). His son Parthenopaios
“one who has a virgin vision”, that is to say who is free from any opinion and any preference,
is one of the attackers of Thebes, that is to say that he participated to the purification of one
of the centers of consciousness or chakras.
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