Meleager
The invulnerable son of Oeneus, a participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt and an Argonaut.
Groups
Events
- The Moirae tell Althaea that Meleager will die when the log on her fire is completely burned
- Meleager and Dryas set out for the Calydonian Boar Hunt
- Heroes gather in Calydon to fight the boar
- Althaea burns the log, killing Meleager
- Meleager dies in war
- Hercules meets the ghost of Meleager in Hades
- Meleager gathers many huntsmen and hounds
- Meleager kills the Calydonian Boar
- Meleager chooses not to fight and instead stays home with his wife, Cleopatra
- The Aetolians send their chief priests to beg Meleager for his help against the Curetes
- Oeneus and Althaia ask their son, Meleager, for his help against the Curetes
- Cleopatra convinces Meleager to fight the Curetes
Citations
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.3
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.12
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 640
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 527
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 555
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 573
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 42.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 7.9
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 2.7
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 4.10
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 45.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 31.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 10, Section 31.4
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