Calydonian boar
Britishnoun
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Then came the famous hunt of the Calydonian boar.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
So the Calydonian boar hunt ended in tragedy.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The hunting of the Calydonian boar slain by Meleager.
From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Sir Isaac Newton
Chase and death of the Calydonian boar, by Meleager and Atalanta.
From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard
The trophies of the ever-memorable boar-hunt had been carried by Atalanta into Arcadia, and, for many centuries, the identical hide and enormous tusks of the Calydonian boar hung in the temple of Athene at Tegea.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens
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