Meleager

Also Mel·e·ag·ros

[mel-ee-ey-jer]

noun

1. flourished 1st century b.c., Greek epigrammatist.

2. Classical Mythology.,  the heroic son of Althaea, an Argonaut, and the slayer of the Calydonian boar.

Meleager

/ ˌmɛlɪˈeɪɡə /

noun

1. Greek myth one of the Argonauts, slayer of the Calydonian boar

Example Sentences

Meleager, whose spear provides the final deathblow, has been moved from the left side of the marble composition to a central position in the painting.

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Oeneus’ son, Meleager, fell in love with her at first sight.

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They felt themselves insulted and were furiously angry at having the prize go to a girl—as, no doubt, was the case with others, but they were Meleager’s uncles and did not need to stand on any ceremony with him.

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Meleager then rushed on the wounded creature and stabbed it to the heart.

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Some of the heroes resented her presence and felt it beneath them to go hunting with a woman, but Meleager insisted and they finally gave in to him.

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