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Calydon

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[kal-i-don] / ˈkæl ɪˌdɒn /

noun

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


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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

Eustathius has collected together the following instances: The city of Calydon was adjudged to the Ætolians, notwithstanding the pretensions of Æolia, because it was ranked by Homer as belonging to the former.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper

It is thought that he heard of him through Monckton Milnes; at all events, he was an early reader of Atalanta in Calydon.

From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Edmund Gosse

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

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens

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