Calydon

[ kal-i-don ]

noun

1. an ancient city in W Greece, in Aetolia.

Other Words From

• Cal·y·do·ni·an [kal-i-, doh, -nee-, uh, n, -, dohn, -y, uh, n], adjective

Example Sentences

But he was slain by the hands and arrows of Apollo 1764, while he was fighting with the Curetes for pleasant Calydon.

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Maragliano turned over the leaf, and came to the sketch for the bas-relief of the Boar of Calydon.

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Meleager was the son of Œneus and Althea, king and queen of Calydon.

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Outside the gates of the royal palace he encountered Tydeus, the son of Œneus, king of Calydon.

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Diana sent a boar to ravage the country of Calydon, for the King Œneus neglecting her divinity.

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