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
She took part with Meleager in the grand hunt for the Calydonian boar, and it was she who at last brought the boar to bay and gave him a mortal wound.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
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 Howard, J. J.
Her husband, having accidentally killed Eurytion in the Calydonian boar hunt, fled and obtained expiation from Acastus, whose wife made advances to Peleus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
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