Calydon

American  

[kal-i-don] / ˈkæl ɪˌdɒn /

noun

1. an ancient city in W Greece, in Aetolia.

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Other Word Forms

• Calydonian adjective

Example Sentences

The only woman aboard was a princess: Atalanta of Calydon, the virgin huntress, who could outrun any man in Greece.

From Time Magazine Archive

He took part in the great Calydonian Hunt, when the King of Calydon called upon the noblest in Greece to help him kill the terrible boar which was laying waste his country.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Mars availed to destroy the giant race of the Lapithae; the very father of the gods gave over ancient Calydon to Diana's wrath: for forfeit of what crime in the Lapithae, what in Calydon?

From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

At the end of his three years’ slavery he could come back to Calydon and wed Deianira.

From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic

Meleager was the son of Œneus and Althea, king and queen of Calydon.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann