Meleager
Americannoun
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flourished 1st century b.c., Greek epigrammatist.
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Classical Mythology. the heroic son of Althaea, an Argonaut, and the slayer of the Calydonian boar.
noun
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Meleager, whose spear provides the final deathblow, has been moved from the left side of the marble composition to a central position in the painting.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021
In the past, he was identified as Meleager or Actaeon, mythological huntsmen.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2016
The marriage is celebrated here in a pyxis attributed to the Meleager Painter.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2010
Leros in ancient days was the place where the daughters of Oeneus, turned into guinea hens, wailed for their brother Meleager.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of the heroes resented her presence and felt it beneath them to go hunting with a woman, but Meleager insisted and they finally gave in to him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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