Calydon

Calydon

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settlement

Events
  1. Oeneus reigns over Calydon
  2. Hercules wrestles Achelous for Deianira
  3. The Moirae tell Althaea that Meleager will die when the log on her fire is completely burned
  4. Meleager and Dryas set out for the Calydonian Boar Hunt
  5. Heroes gather in Calydon to fight the boar
  6. Althaea burns the log, killing Meleager
  7. Meleager dies in war
  8. The Sons of Agrius take control of Thebes for Agrius
  9. Hercules gets the horn of Amalthea from Achelous
  10. Hercules accidentally kills Eunomos
  11. Architeles pardons Hercules for the death of Eunomos
  12. Hercules exiles himself from Calydon in expiation for the murder of Eunomos
  13. Tydeus fled from Calydon
  14. Alcmaeon visits Oeneus
  15. Peleus unintentionally kills Eurytion
  16. Thoas and the Aetolians send ships to Troy
  17. The Curetes and the Aetolians fight
  18. Artemis is angered when Oeneus offers the first fruits of his harvest in sacrifice to all gods but her
  19. Artemis unleashes the Calydonian Boar on Oeneus’ orchards
  20. Meleager gathers many huntsmen and hounds
  21. Meleager kills the Calydonian Boar
  22. Meleager chooses not to fight and instead stays home with his wife, Cleopatra
  23. Idas takes up his bow and prepares to fight Apollo
  24. Althaia grieves the death of her brother
  25. Althaia prays to Hades and Persephone for the death of her son, Meleager
  26. The Aetolians send their chief priests to beg Meleager for his help against the Curetes
  27. Oeneus and Althaia ask their son, Meleager, for his help against the Curetes
  28. Cleopatra convinces Meleager to fight the Curetes
People
  1. Achelous
  2. Admetus
  3. Agrius
  4. Alcmaeon
  5. Althaea
  6. Amphiaraus
  7. Ancaeus
  8. Apollo
  9. Architeles
  10. Artemis
  11. Atalanta
  12. Calydonian Boar
  13. Castor
  14. Celeutor
  15. Cepheus
  16. Cleopatra
  17. Deianira
  18. Dryas
  19. Eunomos
  20. Eurytion
  21. Hercules
  22. Hyleus
  23. Idas
  24. Iphicles
  25. Jason
  26. Lycopeus
  27. Lynceus
  28. Meleager
  29. Oeneus
  30. Onchestus
  31. Peleus
  32. Perithous
  33. Pollux
  34. Prothous
  35. Telamon
  36. Thersites
  37. Theseus
  38. Thoas
  39. Tydeus
Groups
  1. Aetolians vs Troy
  2. Aetolians
  3. Calydonians
  4. Curetes
  5. Moirae
  6. Sons of Thestius
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.5
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.1
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.5
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 640
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 573
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 595
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 206
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 109
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 27.9
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.2
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