Meleager

First appears: The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

Meleager was the son of Oeneus and Althaea, described as strong and loved by Ares. At Calydon, he slew the fierce wild boar; later, while fighting the Curetes for Calydon, he was slain by Apollo’s hands and arrows. He had a daughter, Polydora.

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Life events

• Meleager slew the fierce wild boar.(The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100 · 📍 Calydon)
  • “and once in high Calydon he slew the destroying beast, the fierce wild boar with gleaming tusks.”
• Apollo slew Meleager while he was fighting with the Curetes.(The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100 · 📍 Calydon)
  • With: Apollo
  • “But he was slain by the hands and arrows of Apollo , while he was fighting with the Curetes for pleasant Calydon.”

The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae · Fragments 81–100

• parent: Oeneus “Such an one was (?) strong Meleager loved of Ares, the golden-haired, dear son of Oeneus and Althaea.”
• parent: Althaea “Such an one was (?) strong Meleager loved of Ares, the golden-haired, dear son of Oeneus and Althaea.”

The Cypria · Part 2

• child: Polydora “was called Polydora, and was the daughter of Meleager, the son of Oeneus.”
• parent: Oeneus “the daughter of Meleager, the son of Oeneus.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.