Calydonian Boar

A huge boar that terrorized the country around Calydon. The quarry of the Calydonian Boar Hunt.

Group

Calydonian Boar Hunt

Place

Calydon

Events
  1. Heroes gather in Calydon to fight the boar
  2. Peleus unintentionally kills Eurytion
  3. Artemis unleashes the Calydonian Boar on Oeneus’ orchards
  4. Meleager kills the Calydonian Boar
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.3
  3. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 527
  4. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 27.6
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