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Calydonian boar hunt
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The Calydonian boar hunt is one of the great heroic adventures in Greek legend. It occurred in the generation prior to that of the Trojan War, and stands alongside the other great heroic adventure of
Fresco depicting Atalanta and Meleager resting after successfully hunting the Calydonian boar
Fresco depicting Atalanta and Meleager resting after successfully hunting the Calydonian boar
The Calydonian boar hunt shown on a Roman frieze (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
The Calydonian boar hunt shown on a Roman frieze (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)
Tondo of a Laconian black-figure cup by the Naucratis Painter, c. 555 BCE (Louvre)
Tondo of a Laconian black-figure cup by the Naucratis Painter, c. 555 BCE (Louvre)
The Calydonian boar, metope fragment from the Sicyonian Treasury, Delphi Archaeological Museum, Delphi, Greece
The Calydonian boar, metope fragment from the Sicyonian Treasury, Delphi Archaeological Museum, Delphi, Greece
Erymanthian boar
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In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian boar was a mythical creature that took the form of a "shaggy and wild" "tameless" "boar" "of vast weight" "and foaming jaws". It was a Tegeaean, Maenalusian or Erym
Erymanthian boar
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar, by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1634 (Museo del Prado)
Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar, by Francisco de Zurbarán, 1634 (Museo del Prado)