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
Proud of his high success, and rule the realm “Of Calydon, while ye are prostrate thrown “A trivial heap of ashes, and cold shades?
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.
There was something of Atalanta about her, and in Hellas Artemis would have claimed her, running by the thyme-scented borders of Calydon.
From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton
There is nothing better worth reading than the Atalanta in Calydon.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.
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