Calydon
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- Calydonian adjective
Example Sentences
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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 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 Colum, Padraic
And afterward he heard of them being in Calydon, hunting the boar that ravaged Œneus’s country.
From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic
If this were true, where would go the Juan and the Parisina, the Anactoria and the Atalanta in Calydon, the Cenci and the Adona�s, the Lucille and the Clytemnestra?
From Critical Studies by Ouida
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