The Calydonian Hunt shown on a Roman frieze (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)

The Calydonian Boar is one of a genre of chthonic monsters in Greek mythology, each set in a specific locale, which must be overcome by heroes of the Olympian age. Sent by Artemis to ravage the region of Calydon in Aetolia, it met its end in the Calydonian Hunt, in which all the heroes of the new age pressed to take part, with the exception of Heracles, who vanquished his Goddess-sent boar separately: see Erymanthian Boar. Since the mythic event drew together many heroes (Bibliotheke1.8.2)—among whom were many who were venerated as progenitors of their local ruling houses among tribal groups of Hellenes into Classical times—the Calydonian Boarhunt offered a natural subject in classical art, for it was redolent with the web of myth that gathered around its protagonists on other occasions, around their half-divine descent and their offspring. Like the quest for the Golden Fleece (Argonautica) or the War of Troy that took place the following generation, the Calydonian Hunt is one of the nodes in which much Greek myth comes together. Frieze showing the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Frieze showing the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) in Oxford, England is the worlds first university museum. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Chthon (disambiguation). ... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ... The twelve gods of Olympus. ... The Diana of Versailles, a Roman copy of a sculpture by Leochares (Louvre Museum) Artemis (Greek: nominative , genitive ) in Greek mythology the daughter of Zeus and of Leto and the twin sister of Apollo was one of the most widely venerated of the gods and manifestly one of the oldest... Calydon (Greek Καλυδών) was an ancient Greek city in Aetolia, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus. ... The ancient Region of Aetolia, Greece Aetolia is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania. ... Hercules, a Roman bronze (Louvre Museum) For other uses, see Heracles (disambiguation). ... Hercules Carrying the Boar by Giambologna In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian Boar is remembered in connection with The Twelve Labours, in which Heracles, the (reconciled) enemy of Hera, visited in turn all the other sites of the Goddess throughout the world, to conquer every conceivable monster of nature and rededicate... Languages Greek Religions Predominantly Greek Orthodox, with Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim and Atheist minorities. ... Jason returns with the golden Fleece on an Apulian red-figure calyx krater, ca. ... The Argonautica (Greek: ) is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from the mythical land of Colchis. ... The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of the Achaeans, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. ...

Tondo of a Laconian black-figure cup by the Naucratis Painter, ca. 555 BCE (Louvre)

Nevertheless, though both Homer^[1] and Hesiod and their listeners were aware of the details of this myth, no surviving poet seems to have worked the pieces into a single epic, to become the classic telling: some papyrus fragments found at Oxyrhyncus are all that survive of Stesichorus' telling;^[2] the myth repertory called Bibliotheke ("The Library") contains the gist of the tale, and before that the Roman poet Ovid telling the story in some colorful detail in his own Metamorphoses.^[3] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1800x1600, 1920 KB) [edit] Description [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Calydonian Boar Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1800x1600, 1920 KB) [edit] Description [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Calydonian Boar Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Laconia (; see also List of traditional Greek place names), also known as Lacedaemonia, is a prefecture in Greece. ... The black-figure pottery technique is a style of ancient Greek pottery painting in which the decoration appears as black silhouettes on a red background. ... The Naucratis Painter was a Laconian vase-painter of the mid-sixth century BCE. Naucratis was a Greek trading post emporium) in Egypt. ... This article is about the museum. ... Homer (Greek: , ) was an early Greek poet and aoidos (rhapsode) traditionally credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey. ... Roman bronze bust, the so-called Pseudo-Seneca, now identified by some as possibly Hesiod Hesiod (Hesiodos, ) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod and Homer, with whom Hesiod is often paired, have been considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived... The epic is a broadly defined genre of poetry, and one of the major forms of narrative literature. ... Papyrus plant Cyperus papyrus at Kew Gardens, London Papyrus is an early form of paper produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. ... There are few remains at Oxyrhynchus to be seen above ground: its treasures lie beneath the sands Oxyrhynchus ( Greek: Οξύρυγχος; sharp-nosed; ancient Egyptian Per-Medjed; modern Arabic el-Bahnasa) is an archaeological site in Egypt, considered one of the most important... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The Bibliotheke was renowned as the chief work of Greek historian and scholar. ... Disambiguation: This article is about the poem Metamorphoses written by the poet Ovid. ...

King Oeneus ("wine man") of Calydon, an ancient city of west-central Greece north of the Gulf of Patras, held annual sacrifices to the gods. One year the king forgot to include the Great Artemis in his offerings (Iliad ix.933). Insulted, Artemis loosed the biggest, most ferocious boar imaginable on the countryside of Calydon. It rampaged throughout the countryside, destroying vineyards and crops, forcing people to take refuge inside the city walls, (Ovid) where they began to starve. In Greek mythology, Oeneus, or Oineus was a Calydonian king, son of Porthaon, husband of Althaea and father of Deianira, Meleager and Melanippe. ... Calydon (Greek Καλυδών) was an ancient Greek city in Aetolia, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus. ... Gulf of Patras from space, March 1994 The Gulf of Patras (Greek: Πατραϊκός Κόλπος Patraikós Kólpos) is a branch of the Ionian Sea. ... The Diana of Versailles, a Roman copy of a sculpture by Leochares (Louvre Museum) Artemis (Greek: nominative , genitive ) in Greek mythology the daughter of Zeus and of Leto and the twin sister of Apollo was one of the most widely venerated of the gods and manifestly one of the oldest...

Oeneus sent messengers out to look for the best hunters in Greece, offering them the boar's pelt and tusks as a prize ^[4].

Roman marble sarcophagus from Vicovaro, carved with the Calydonian Hunt (Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome)

Among those who responded were some of the Argonauts, Oeneus' own son Meleager, and, remarkably for the Hunt's eventual success, one woman— the huntress Atalanta, the "indomitable", who had been suckled by Artemis as a she-bear and raised as a huntress, a proxy for Artemis herself (Kerenyi; Ruck and Staples). Artemis appears to have been divided in her motives, for it was also said that she had sent the young huntress because she knew her presence would be a source of division, and so it was: many of the men, led by Kepheus and Ankaios refused to hunt alongside a woman. It was the smitten Meleagros who convinced them ^[5]. Nonetheless it was Atalanta who first succeeded in wounding the boar with an arrow, although Meleager finished it off, and offered the prize to Atalanta, who had drawn first blood. "But the sons of Thestios, who considered it disgraceful that a woman should get the trophy where men were involved, took the skin from her, saying that it was properly theirs by right of birth, if Meleagros chose not to accept it. Outraged by this, ^[6] Meleagros slew the sons of Thestios and again gave the skin to Atalanta (Bibliotheke). Meleager's mother, sister of Meleager's slain uncles, took the fatal brand from the chest where she had kept it (see Meleager) and threw it once more on the fire; as it was consumed, Meleager died on the spot, as the Fates had foretold. Thus Artemis achieved her revenge against King Oeneus. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 326 pixels Full resolution (2700 × 1100 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 326 pixels Full resolution (2700 × 1100 pixel, file size: 1. ... Country Italy Region Latium Province Province of Rome (RM) Mayor Elevation 300 m Area 36. ... The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the most famous and smallest of the seven hills of Rome. ... The Argo, by Lorenzo Costa In Greek mythology, the Argonauts (Ancient Greek: ) were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest for the Golden Fleece. ... This article is about the mythological figure, for the Macedonian king see Meleager (king). ... {{dablItalic textInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereInsert non-formatted text hereink|For other meanings, see Atalanta (disambiguation). ... This article is about the mythological figure, for other uses see Meleager (disambiguation). ... This article is about the mythological figure, for the Macedonian king see Meleager (king). ...

Woodcut illustration for Raphael Regius's edition of Metamorphoses, Venice, ca. 1518

During the hunt, Peleus accidentally killed his host Eurytion. In the course of the hunt and its aftermath, many of the hunters turned upon one another, contesting the spoils, and so the Goddess continued to be revenged (Kerenyi, 114): "But the goddess again made a great stir of anger and crying battle, over the head of the boar and the bristling boar’s hide, between Kouretes and the high-hearted Aitolians" (Homer, Iliad, ix.543). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Raphael Regius or Raffaele Regio (ca 1440 — 1520) was a Venetian humanist, who was active first in Padua, where he made a reputation as one of the outstanding Classical scholars,[1] then in Venice, where he moved in the periphery of an elite group composed of a handful of publicly... // Cover of George Sandyss 1632 edition of Ovids Metamorphosis Englished The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a poem in fifteen books that describes the creation and history of the world in terms according to Greek and Roman points of view. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia) is the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... Peleus consigns Achilles to Chirons care, white-ground lekythos by the Edinburgh Painter, ca. ... In Greek mythology, Eurytion referred to three different people. ... The Korybantes, called the Kurbantes in (Phrygia), are the crested dancers who worship the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. ... The ancient Region of Aetolia, Greece Aetolia is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania. ... Homer (Greek: , ) was an early Greek poet and aoidos (rhapsode) traditionally credited with the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey. ... It has been suggested that Deception of Zeus be merged into this article or section. ...

The boar's hide that was preserved in the Temple of Athena Alae at Tegea in Laconia was reputedly that of the Calydonian Boar, "rotted by age and by now altogether without bristles" by the time Pausanias saw it in the second century CE (Description of Greece viii.47.2). The Calydonian Hunt was the theme of the temples' main pediment. Helmeted Athena, of the Velletri type. ... There is also an ancient Tegea near Kissamos in the island of Crete, see Tegea, Crete Tegea was an important religious center of ancient Greek containing the Temple of Athena Alea. ... Laconia (; see also List of traditional Greek place names), also known as Lacedaemonia, is a prefecture in Greece. ... Pausanias (Greek: ) was a Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century A.D., who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. ...

Hunters

The heroes who participated assembled from all over Hellas, according to Homer^[7];Bacchylides called them "the best of the Hellenes"^[8] On the Temple of Athena at Tegea, Pausanias saw the figures that are marked T. The Latin mythographer Hyginus (Fabulae 30) lists those marked H; they include Deucalion, whose connection is unlikely. The heroes noted in Ovid's list are marked O Bacchylides, Ancient Greek lyric poet, was born at Iulis, in the island of Ceos. ... There is also an ancient Tegea near Kissamos in the island of Crete, see Tegea, Crete Tegea was an important religious center of ancient Greek containing the Temple of Athena Alea. ... Gaius Julius Hyginus, (c. ... Deucalion In Greek mythology, Deucalion, or Deukálion (new-wine sailor) was the name of at least two figures: a son of Prometheus, and a son of Minos. ...

1. Acastus O
2. Admetus, the son of Pheres, from Pherae H, O
3. Aesculapius, son of Apollo H
4. Alcon, Eneasimus, Leucippus, sons of Hippocoon or Ares from Amyclae in Thrace H, O
5. Amphiaraos, the son of Oicles, from Argos ^[9] T, O
6. Ankaios, "from Parrhasius" (Ovid), son of Lycurgus, killed by the boar H, T, O
7. Atalanta called Tegeaea ("of Tegea") by Ovid, the daughter of Skoineus, from Arcadia H, T, O
8. Caeneus, son of Elatus, not yet changed into a woman, Ovid noted H, O
9. Castor and Polydeuces, the Dioscuri, sons of Zeus and Leda, from Lakedaimon H, T, O
10. Deucalion, son of Minos H
11. Dryas of Calydon, son of Ares^[10] H, O
12. Echion, son of Mercurius (Hermes) H, O
13. Eneasimus, Alcon, Leucippus, sons of Hippocoon from Amyclae H, O
14. Epokhos T
15. Euphemus, son of Poseidon H
16. Eurypylus
17. Eurytion, accidentally run through with the javelin of Peleus O
18. Eurytus, son of Mercurius (Hermes) H
19. Hippasus, son of Eurytus H, O
20. Hippothous, the son of Kerkyon, son of Agamedes, son of Stymphalos H, T, O
21. Hyleus, killed by the boar O
22. Iason, Aeson’s son, from Iolkos H, O
23. Idas and Lynceus, sons of Aphareus, from Messene H, O
24. Iolaus, son of Iphicles, beloved of Heracles H, T, O
25. Iphicles, the twin of Heracles, who took no part, Amphitryon’s mortal son, from Thebes
26. Kepheus, from Arcadia
27. Kometes and Prothous, the sons of Thestios, Meleager's uncles T O
28. Laertes, son of Arcesius, Odysseus' father O
29. Lelex of Naryx in Locria O
30. Leucippus, one of the three sons of Hippocoon or Ares from Amyclae in Thrace H, O
31. Lynceus and Idas H, O
32. Meleager, son of Ooineus H, T
33. the Moliones or Actorides O
34. Mopsus, son of Ampycus H, O
35. Nestor^[11] O
36. Panopeus O
37. Peleus, son of Aiakos, father of Achillesfrom Phthia H, T
38. Phoenix, son of Amyntor H, O
39. Phyleus, from Elis O
40. Pirithous, son of Ixion, from Larissa, the friend of Theseus T, O
41. Plexippus, brother of Toxeus, slain by Meleager H, O
42. Polydeuces H, T, O
43. Prothous and Kometes, the sons of Thestios, Meleager's uncles T, O
44. Telamon, son of Aeacus H, T, O
45. Theseus of Athens, who faced another dangerous chthonic creature, the dusky wild Crommyonian Sow, on a separate occasion. Strabo (Geography 8.6.22) reckoned she was the mother of the Calydonian Boar, but there are no hints within the myths to link the two and suggest Strabo might have been right. H, T
46. Toxeus, brother of Plexippus, slain by Meleager O

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Notes

Xenophon, Greek historian Xenophon (In Greek , ca. ... There is also an ancient Tegea near Kissamos in the island of Crete, see Tegea, Crete Tegea was an important religious center of ancient Greek containing the Temple of Athena Alea. ... Helmeted Athena, of the Velletri type. ... Euripides (c. ... Diodorus Siculus was a Greek historian, born at Agyrium in Sicily (now called Agira, in the province of Enna). ...

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