Meleager

This article is about the mythological figure. For other uses, see Meleager (disambiguation).
"Meleagros" redirects here. For the genus of beetle, see Meleagros (beetle).
Meleager
Prince of Calydon
AbodeCalydon
Genealogy
ParentsOineus and Althaea
SiblingsDeianira
ConsortAtalanta
Cleopatra
OffspringParthenpaios, Polydora

Meleager (/ˌmɛliˈeɪɡər/, Ancient Greek: Μελέαγρος, romanized: Meléagros) was a hero in Greek mythology, venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia. He was famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer, and was also mentioned as one of the Argonauts.

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