Who was the dude in 'Diana and the Golden Apples'?

**Oakie** · 14th May 2005, 09:41

Help required from the over 40s please.
For reasons that I won't bore you with, my wife and I are trying to remember the name of a guy. Back in the 60's when they had children's request shows on the radio there was a story called 'Diana and the Golden Apples'. Can't remember the whole story but Diana had a race with some dude and he kept putting golden apples in her path which she bent down to pick up, slowed down and lost the race. Anyone remember his name? I think he was a huntsman and I'm sure his name started with a 'D' ... and was something like d'Artagnan (of 'The Three Musketeers' but obviously not because that's about 2000 years later).

I've done a Google search and looked at a book of mythological figures to no avail. Please help me out with this so I'm not thinking about it instead of what's going on around me when we hit the road later on today.

Cheers

**scumdog** · 14th May 2005, 11:50

Originally Posted by Oakie

Help required from the over 40s please.
For reasons that I won't bore you with, my wife and I are trying to remember the name of a guy. Back in the 60's when they had children's request shows on the radio there was a story called 'Diana and the Golden Apples'. Can't remember the whole story but Diana had a race with some dude and he kept putting golden apples in her path which she bent down to pick up, slowed down and lost the race. Anyone remember his name? I think he was a huntsman and I'm sure his name started with a 'D' ... and was something like d'Artagnan (of 'The Three Musketeers' but obviously not because that's about 2000 years later).

I've done a Google search and looked at a book of mythological figures to no avail. Please help me out with this so I'm not thinking about it instead of what's going on around me when we hit the road later on today.

Cheers

Can't vouch for the spelling but it sounded like 'Malanion" or similar.

**RiderInBlack** · 14th May 2005, 14:09

This is why you were having fun finding him, read these links:

Hippomenes (also known as Melanion) knew that he could not win a race with Atalanta, so ... (from http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/enc...t/Atalanta.htm)

Atalanta: Princess who challenged her suitors to a foot race; Hippomenes won race and married her. (from http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197622.html ).

Hippomenes: Husband of Atalanta, whom he beat in race by dropping golden apples, which she stopped to pick up. (from http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197622.html ).

Atalanta, who was exceeding fleet, contended with Hippomenes in the course, on condition that if Hippomenes won, he should espouse her, or forfeit his life if he lost. The match was very unequal, for Atalanta had conquered numbers, to their destruction. Hippomenes, therefore, had recourse to stratagem. He procured three golden apples, and purposely carried them with him: they started; Atalanta outstripped him soon; then Hippomenes bowled one of his apples before her, across the course, in order not only to make her stoop, but to draw her out of the path. She, prompted by female curiosity, and the beauty of the golden fruit, starts from the course to take up the apple. Hippomenes, in the mean time, holds on his way, and steps before her; but she, by her natural swiftness, soon fetches up her lost ground, and leaves him again behind. Hippomenes, however, by rightly timing his second and third throw, at length won the race, not by his swiftness, but his cunning. (from http://www.mindmagi.demon.co.uk/Baco...m/Atalanta.htm ).

Atalanta: Princess who challenged her suitors to a foot race; Hippomenes won race and married her. (from http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~quizbowl/myth.htm).
Hippomenes: Husband of Atalanta, whom he beat in race by dropping golden apples, which she stopped to pick up. (from http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~quizbowl/myth.htm).

Just another link re: the Radio story:
Radio New Zealand
... A double value double cassette of 90 minutes of stories and songs including
Diana and the Golden Apple, Sparky and the Talking Train, Little Toot, ...

**RiderInBlack** · 14th May 2005, 14:22

Atalanta, left exposed at birth by a cruel king who wants only sons, is rescued by Diana, the Goddess of the Hunt. Raised by the goddess and Crona, a she-bear, the girl is happy in the forest until a young man, Hippomenes, thinks she is in danger and kills her foster brother, Obrin, a bear and son of Crona. At this, Atalanta conceives a hatred for the human race, which she brings with her when she is returned to her father. When he insists that she marry, she counters that she will only wed a man swift enough to outrun her. Hippomenes will risk everything to win her love, and receives help from Venus to do so. (from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...11123?v=glance).

Wait there's more:
Atalanta: Atalanta was a heroine who was exposed at birth and nursed by a bear before being brought up by hunters. When her father wished to marry her away, she promised to marry the man who could defeat her in a foot-race. After several young men were defeated and put to death, Hippomenes (or Melanion) was victorious in the test, having dropped some golden apples on the track, which Atalanta stopped to pick up. These married, and spent part of their honeymoon "frolicking" in Jove's temple, and for their impiety were changed into lions. (from http://www.ha.sad22.us/BenJohnson/certmyth.html)

**Oakie** · 14th May 2005, 21:02

Cheers guys ... now I can sleep tonight.

**curious george** · 14th May 2005, 22:23

Originally Posted by Oakie

Cheers guys ... now I can sleep tonight.

Was that conditional on the question being answered correctly?

**Skyryder** · 14th May 2005, 23:05

Originally Posted by Oakie

Cheers guys ... now I can sleep tonight.

Oh so you lost.

Skyryder

boy_dreamer · 14th January 2012, 19:07

Originally Posted by Oakie

Help required from the over 40s please.
For reasons that I won't bore you with, my wife and I are trying to remember the name of a guy. Back in the 60's when they had children's request shows on the radio there was a story called 'Diana and the Golden Apples'. Can't remember the whole story but Diana had a race with some dude and he kept putting golden apples in her path which she bent down to pick up, slowed down and lost the race. Anyone remember his name? I think he was a huntsman and I'm sure his name started with a 'D' ... and was something like d'Artagnan (of 'The Three Musketeers' but obviously not because that's about 2000 years later).

I've done a Google search and looked at a book of mythological figures to no avail. Please help me out with this so I'm not thinking about it instead of what's going on around me when we hit the road later on today.

Cheers

THE DUDES NAME WAS MALANDIN -- better start taking something to help keep ur brain cell working dude . hahaha -- i [/COLOR] loved

that record and called all the way to NY city to to find out where i could find the other titles on that record - i got all the titles from him if your interested just e-mail me. the guy that told the storys was Art Gilmore (Jack benny's anouncer) - the record title was Childrens music Appreciation records search for the title in You tube -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPJoDewTd1c there are 4 or 5 of his storys on there. i hope this is a help to you --- to an over 40's from an over 60's - a classical music lover

boy_dreamer · 14th January 2012, 19:13

Originally Posted by boy_dreamer

i cant hardly believe how many replies you got -

THE DUDES NAME WAS MALANDIN -- better start taking something to help keep ur brain cell working dude . hahaha -- i [/COLOR] loved

that record and called all the way to NY city to to find out where i could find the other titles on that record - i got all the titles from him if your interested just e-mail me - boy_dreamer@eml.cc. The guy that told the storys was Art Gilmore (Jack benny's anouncer) - the record title was Childrens music Appreciation records search for the title in You tube -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPJoDewTd1c there are 4 or 5 of his storys on there. i hope this is a help to you --- to an over 40's from an over 60's - a classical music lover

P.S. -there was a book with the same title as the record, HENCE THE DIFFERENCE YOU GOT IN ANSWERS.

**blackdog** · 14th January 2012, 19:28

Originally Posted by boy_dreamer

P.S. -there was a book with the same title as the record, HENCE THE DIFFERENCE YOU GOT IN ANSWERS.

Wow. You know who Malandin is, but you can't spell Harley.

Nice dredge btw.

**Winston001** · 14th January 2012, 19:53

Okay then, since this has been dredged up, what about the song about the house built by Pete Peterson? And all the Petersons who helped him? For no good reason I'd like to hear it again.