Meleager

[ mel-ee-ey-jer ]

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noun

flourished 1st century b.c., Greek epigrammatist.
Classical Mythology. the heroic son of Althaea, an Argonaut, and the slayer of the Calydonian boar. Compare Calydonian hunt.

Meleager

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noun

Greek myth one of the Argonauts, slayer of the Calydonian boar

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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.

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Oeneus’ son, Meleager, fell in love with her at first sight.

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Meleager then rushed on the wounded creature and stabbed it to the heart.

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They declared that Atalanta should not have the skin and told Meleager he had no more right to give it away than anyone else had.

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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.

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Meldrew Meleagrides

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