Meleager

[ mel-ee-ey-jer ]

/ ˌmɛl iˈeɪ dʒər /

noun

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

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

Also Mel·e·ag·ros

[mel-ee-ag-ros] /ˌmɛl iˈæg rɒs/.

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Examples from the Web for meleager

The fatal brand, which the Destinies have linked with Meleager's life, she brings forth.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills Gayley
And Telamon and the sons of Tyndarus, and Meleager the son36 of Œneus, said that they would follow him.
Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church
Meleager's date is half a century or thereabouts before the Christian era.
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2)|John Addington Symonds
Meleager called on the heroes of Greece to join in a hunt for the ravenous monster.
The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911)|Charles Mills Gayley

Him, too, I enthroned upon my temple-frieze; he would have figured there as Meleager had I been a few years older.
Lore of Proserpine|Maurice Hewlett

British Dictionary definitions for meleager

Meleager

/ (ˌmɛlɪˈeɪɡə) /

noun

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

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