Erymanthian boar

American  

[er-uh-man-thee-uhn] / ˌɛr əˈmæn θi ən /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a savage boar that plagued Arcadia and was captured by Hercules.

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Erymanthian boar British  

/ ˌɛrɪˈmænθɪən /

noun

1. Greek myth a wild boar that ravaged the district around Mount Erymanthus: captured by Hercules as his fourth labour

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Example Sentences

I heard the great gorilla roar, My icy blood did curdling creep, Astride the Erymanthian boar, The brute came crashing through my sleep.

From A Century of Emblems by Cautley, G. S.

His achievements are characteristic of the rude and barbarous age in which he lived: he strangled serpents, and killed the Erymanthian boar, the Nemaean lion, and the Hydra.

From Lives of the Necromancers by Godwin, William

Did you kill the Nemean lion, the Erymanthian boar, the Lernean serpent, and Stymphalian birds? 

From Dialogues of the Dead by Morley, Henry