Allusion #10 - Atlanta

 As You Like It Act 2 Scene 3

JAQUES  You have a nimble wit. I think 'twas made of Atalanta's heels. Will you sit down with me? And we two will rail against our mistress the world and all our misery.

Here Jaques, one of Duke Senior's lords, is referring to the Greek myth of Atlanta, a Spartan huntress. A few lines ago, Jaques and Orlando were talking about Rosalind, the woman Orlando is in love with. At this time Rosalind is disguised as a male with the name of Ganymede.
The subject of Rosalind ties in with the mentioning of Atlanta. As a Spartan woman, she would have had quite a different life that that of, say, an Athenian woman at the time. Women in Sparta were treated as more of equals of men rather than a trivial lesser being. For example, they could own land. However, women usually managed domestic affairs and usually did not work outside the home. Atlanta was different. Abandoned by her father the king as a baby, she was said to be raised by a she-bear and grew up to become a huntress. 
But what does this all have to do with Rosalind, or, as she is currently in disguise, Ganymede?
Both Rosalind and Atlanta were, in a way, thrown out by their rulers. Rosalind was exiled; Atlanta's father the king didn't want her so he left her on a mountaintop. They also are somewhat more of a man than a woman: Atlanta hunts alongside men, and Rosalind is pretending to be a man. Another way they are similar is their connection to the forest. Atlanta believes that she has freedom in the woods, which is where she is happy hunting and all is good. This is rather like the Green World in As You Like It, where Rosalind currently is. Also, as I said earlier, Spartan women had more power when compared to others of their sex. Shakespearean women were much the same. Instead of being frivolous, Rosalind is smart enough to utilize her lanky build and to see the advantage of Orlando seeing her in disguise. Finally, Rosalind and Atlanta are supposedly beautiful.
Jaques, who is not as smart as he thinks, may not have intended for Atalanta to be so similar to Rosalind. However, he could not have picked a better example.