Meleager
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Meleager was a hero in Greek mythology, venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia. He was famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer, and was a
Bust of Meleager, Roman copy after a Greek original of c. 340-330 BC
Meleager (sitting on a rock, with 2 spears) and Atalanta (standing) reposing after the Calydonian boar-hunt. Antique fresco from Pompeii.
Meleager et Atalanta, after Giulio Romano
Statue of Meleager modeled after Skopas
Althaea (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Althaea, also rendered Althea or Althaia, was queen of Calydon through her marriage to King Oeneus. Althaea appears in myths surrounding the fabled Calydonian boar hunt, and is inf
Meleager
…hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer, and was also mentioned as one of the Argonauts. Meleager was a Calydonian prince as the son of Althaea and the vintner King Oeneus or according to some, of the god Ares. He was the brother of Deianeira, Toxeus, Clymenus, Periphas, Agelaus (or Ageleus…
Althaea kills Meleager, side relief on a Roman marble sarcophagus, 2nd century.
Althaea casts the brand of Meleager into the fire, illustration by Johann Wilhelm Baur.