Calydon
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The only woman aboard was a princess: Atalanta of Calydon, the virgin huntress, who could outrun any man in Greece.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took part in the great Calydonian Hunt, when the King of Calydon called upon the noblest in Greece to help him kill the terrible boar which was laying waste his country.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The Locrians occupied Naupactus in early times;224 the Ætolians were their immediate neighbours, and their powerful city of Calydon was the mistress of the region.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
The Argonauts stayed together until they went to Calydon, to hunt the boar that ravaged Prince Meleagrus’s country.
From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum
Me, too, Hath envious Heaven in exile doomed to stay, Nor home, nor wife, nor Calydon to view.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
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