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Look up: Meleager

  1. Meleager
    In mythology, Artemis sent a boar to ravage the land of Kalydon as they had not sacrificed enough to her. Meleager organised an expedition to kill the boar.
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  2. Meleager
    (lived 1st century BC) Greek philosopher and epigrammatist. Born at Gadara in the Decapolis, he was educated at Tyre, but spent the remainder of his life on the island of Kos. He compiled an
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  3. Meleager
    In Greek mythology, one of the Argonauts. He organized a hunt to kill the huge boar that ravaged his father's kingdom of Calydon. A quarrel arose over distribution of the spoils, and Meleager killed...
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  4. Meleager
    in Greek mythology, the leader of the Calydonian boar hunt. The Iliad relates how Meleager`s father, King Oeneus of Calydon, had omitted to sacrifice ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/67

  5. Meleager
    Greek poet who compiled the first large anthology of epigrams. This was the first of the collections that made up what is known as the Greek ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/67

  6. Meleager
    Meleager (melēā'jur) , hero in Greek mythology. He was the son of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and Althaea. When Meleager was born, a prophecy said that he would die when a certain log in the fire was burned. His mother snatched the log from the fire and hid it. Meleager grew to be a fam...
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  7. Meleager
    Meleager was an ancient Greek poet who wrote epigrams.
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  8. Meleager
    In Greek mythology, Meleager was the son of Gineus, king of Calydon. He distinguished himself in the Argonautic expedition and more particularly at the Calydonian hunt, killed the boar, and gave its skin as the highest token of regard to his beloved Atalanta.
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  9. Meleager
    . :This article is about the mythological figure, for other uses see Meleager (disambiguation). In Meléagros-->) was a Greek hero|hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia. He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked...
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  10. Meleager
    (king) `Meleager` of Macedon (Greek Μελέαγρος) was the brother of Ptolemy Ceraunus and son of Ptolemy I Soter and Eurydice. Meleager ruled in title=King of Macedon|before=after=Antipater Etesias|Antipater II Etesias|years=279 BC--> -->
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