Calydonian boar hunt
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title:
Calydonian boar hunt
text:
The Calydonian boar hunt is one of the great heroic adventures in Greek legend. It occurred in the generation prior to that of the Trojan War, and stands alongside the other great heroic adventure of that generation, the voyage of the Argonauts, which preceded it. The purpose of the hunt was to kill the Calydonian boar, which had been sent by Artemis to ravage the region of Calydon in Aetolia, because its king Oeneus had failed to honour her in his rites to the gods. The hunters, led by the hero
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description:
Mythical boar defeated by Olympian heroes
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calydonian_boar_hunt
date created:
2002-09-10T05:11:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T18:21:44Z
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