Well attestedNamed from the place
Calydonian Boar
noun · first attested classical antiquity
The whole disaster started with a farmer forgetting one goddess at harvest time.
In Greek myth, the giant boar sent by Artemis to ravage the country around Calydon.
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- noun
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Calydon
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Calydonian Boar
Oeneus, king of Calydon in Aetolia, sacrificed to the other gods and omitted Artemis, who sent the boar to destroy his fields. Meleager killed it and gave the hide to Atalanta, the only woman in the hunting party, which started the quarrel that killed him. Calydon was a real city; its site near modern Evinochori has been excavated since the 1920s.
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