mail on sunday xword 26th march

[robieG]

maiden in greek mythology who agreed to marry any man who could defeat her in a running race?(8)

???L?N?A

PLEASE HELP I HAVE TRIED GOOGLE AND THE REST BUT ALAS TO NO AVAIL THANX ROBIEG(THE MAIN HOME BOY)

[Quizmonkey]

I think you need a few lessons on how to use Google - it's the easiest thing to search for, and comes up in the first few answers: Atalanta.

[juliefer]

If it helps you for another time, robieG, it's often best to put just a few words into Google. Here, for example, Googling 'greek marry beat race' gives you the answer in the first line of the first site that comes up - no need to even go into that site. Hope this helps.

[robieG]

QUIZMONKEY

Yeah Buddy I tried Google but no joy their so i resorted to good old fashioned means lookin in a book it came up with that ansa but it was spelt ATLANTA as u can c they missed an A out