The CALYDONIAN HUNTERS are those who, called
by King Oeneus 2, participated in the hunt of the boar that
ravaged Calydon.
When Oeneus 2 was king of
Calydon in Aetolia, he received a
vine-plant from Dionysus 2, but
while sacrificing the first fruits of the annual crops of
the country to all the gods, Oeneus 2 forgot
Artemis. Then the goddess, angry
at his negligence, sent a boar (now known as the Calydonian
Boar) of a huge size and strength, which prevented the land
from being sown and destroyed the cattle and the people. In
order to get rid of this ravaging beast, King Oeneus 2
assembled the noblest men of Hellas, who are now known as
the CALYDONIAN HUNTERS, and promised to give the boar's skin
as a prize to him who should kill it.
This Calydonian Boar, which some say is the offspring of
the Crommyonian Sow, was killed by
Atalanta, who shot it first, by
Amphiaraus, who next shot it
in the eye, and by Meleager, who
killed it by a stab in the flank. When
Meleager received the skin, he
gave it to Atalanta, but the
sons of Thestius 1, who took part in the hunt representing
the Curetes, did not approve
Meleager's gesture, for in their
simple minds they were of the opinion that a woman should
not get a prize in the face of men. So if
Meleager did not choose to take
it, they reasoned best as they could, then it belong to them
by right of birth. Meleager,
disliking the way in which his will was not respected, slew
the sons of Thestius 1 and gave the skin to
Atalanta. But having heard of
her brothers' death, Althaea, mother of
Meleager, caused his own son to
die. Some have said, however, that the boar's skin caused a
civil war between the Curetes, represented by the sons of
Thestius 1, and the Calydonians, represented by
Meleager, and that
Meleager killed his mother's
brothers in battle, and perished himself in the same war.
The Calydonian Hunt took place shortly after the voyage
of the ARGONAUTS, and not few
among those who hunted the boar also participated in that
expedition.
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Acastus.
See
ARGONAUTS.
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Admetus 1. See
Alcestis.
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Amphiaraus.
See also SEVEN AGAINST
THEBES.
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Alcon 3. Son of Hippocoon 2. Alcon 3 was
killed by Heracles 1
[Apd.2.7.3, 3.10.5; Hyg.Fab.173; Pau.3.14.7].
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Alcon 4. A Thracian, son of
Ares [Hyg.Fab.173].
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Ancaeus 1, who was also among the
ARGONAUTS, is son of
Lycurgus 2, son of Aleus, son of Aphidas 1, son of
Arcas 1, son of Zeus and
Callisto. His mother
was either Cleophyle or Eurynome 1. Ancaeus 1
married Iotis and begot a son Agapenor, who led the
Arcadians during the
Trojan War. Ancaeus 1
was killed by the Calydonian Boar [Apd.1.8.2,
1.9.16, 3.9.2, 3.10.7-8; Hyg.Fab.248; Pau.8.4.10,
8.5.2].
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Asclepius
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Atalanta
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Caeneus 1 was once a woman called Caenis,
but she was turned into an invulnerable man by her
lover Poseidon. By this
god Caenis had children: Coronus 1, Phocus 1, and
Priasus 1. Some say Caeneus 1 or Caenis was the
child of Elatus 1 and Hippea, daughter of Antippus;
but others say that her/his father was Atrax. Since
Caeneus 1 was invulnerable, he was buried alive in
the earth by the
CENTAURS, when he was
fighting against them, on a later occasion. Others
say however that Caeneus 1 killed himself
[Apd.Ep1.22; Hes.SH.179; Hyg.Fab.14, 173, 242;
Lib.Met.17; Ov.Met.12.201; Stat.Achil.1.264;
Vir.Aen.6.448].
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Castor 1. See
DIOSCURI.
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Cepheus 2. King Cepheus 2 of Tegea in
Arcadia perished in
battle helping Heracles
1 against the Lacedaemonians. He was the son of
Aleus, son of Aphidas 1, son of Arcas 1, son of
Zeus and
Callisto. His mother
was either Neaera 3, daughter of Pereus, son of
Elatus 2, son of Arcas 1, or else Cleobule 1. Yet
others say that Cepheus 2 was son of Lycurgus 2,
son of Aleus. Cepheus 2, who is also counted among
the ARGONAUTS, had
children: Sterope 4, Aeropus 2, and Antinoe 1
[Apd.1.8.2, 2.7.3; Hyg.Fab.14; Pau.8.5.1, 8.8.4;
Val.1.375].
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Cometes 5 is son of Thestius 1, son
either of Ares and
Demonice, or of Agenor 6 and Epicasta 1. Cometes
5's mother was either Leucippe 1, or Eurythemis,
daughter of Cleoboea. When Thestius 1 claimed the
skin of the Calydonian Boar on the ground that
Iphiclus 2 had been the first to hit it, war is
said to have broken out between the Curetes
(including the sons of Thestius 1) and the
Calydonians (including
Meleager) [Pau.8.45.7].
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Cteatus is one of the so called
MOLIONIDES, sons of Molione, either by Actor 4, or
by Poseidon [see
Elis]. He was a General of
the Eleans against
Heracles 1 and was
killed by him [Apd. 2.7.2; Hom.Il.11.750;
Ov.Met.8.299ff.; Pau.5.3.3-4; Pin.Oly.10.27].
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Deucalion 2, also counted among the
ARGONAUTS, was son of
Minos 2, either by
Pasiphae or by Crete 1. His children were:
Idomeneus 1, Crete 2, and Molus 1. It is said that
when Theseus was about
to leave Crete, he joined
battle with the Cretans at the gate of the
Labyrinth and there he slew Deucalion 2 and his
bodyguard [Apd.3.1.2, 3.3.1; Dio.4.60.4;
Hom.Il.13.451; Hyg.Fab.14, 173; Plu.The.19.6].
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Dryas 2 is known for having participated
in the fight of the
LAPITHS against the
CENTAURS, and also for
having been killed by his own brother
Tereus 1. His father was
either Ares or Iapetus 3
[Apd.1.8.2; Hes.SH.179; Hyg.Fab.45, 173].
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Echion 1, also one of the
ARGONAUTS, was son of
Hermes and Antianira 1,
daughter of Menetes [Arg.1.51ff.; Hyg.Fab.14, 173;
Pin.Pyth.4.179; Val.1.440].
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Enaesimus, son of Hippocoon 2 (the man
who expelled Icarius 1 and
Tyndareus from
Lacedaemon and became king of the Lacedaemonians)
was killed by the Calydonian Boar [Hyg.Fab.173;
Ov.Met.8.362].
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Epochus. Son of Lycurgus 2, either by
Cleophyle, or by Eurynome 1. Lycurgus 2 is son of
Aleus, son of Aphidas 1, son of Arcas 1, son of
Zeus and
Callisto [Apd.3.9.2;
Pau.8.45.7].
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Euphemus 1. This is the man who came from
Psamathus to join the
ARGONAUTS and, having
received a magical clod from Triton, threw it into
the sea. This he did following a dream, and
therefrom rose an island, Calliste (later called
Thera, an island in the Aegean Sea, north of
Crete), where his
descendants, led by Theras, came. He was son of
Poseidon, either by
Europe 2, or by Mecionice. Europe 2 was daughter of
Tityus, who is being punished in the
Underworld [see also
Immortals]. Mecionice
was a native from Hyria, a Boeotian city
[Arg.4.1731ff.; Hes.GE.6; Hyg.Fab.14, 173;
Pin.Oly.4.20ff., 4.46; Val.1.365].
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Eurypylus 2. One of the sons of Thestius
1. He was killed by
Meleager, disputing
about the skin of the Calydonian Boar [Apd.1.7.10,
1.8.2].
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Eurytion 2. This is the king of Phthia,
who purified Peleus and
gave him the third part of the country, along with
his daughter Antigone 1. Eurytion 2, also counted
among the ARGONAUTS,
was son either of Actor 1, son of Myrmidon and
Pisidice 1, daughter of
Aeolus 1. Others say
that Eurytion 2 was son of Irus 1 and Demonassa 1.
He was killed during the Calydonian Hunt by
Peleus, as they say
undesignedly [Apd.1.8.2, 3.13.1; Arg.1.74;
Hyg.Fab.14; Lib.Met.38; Val.1.378].
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Eurytus 1. This is one of the MOLIONIDES
[see Cteatus above, and
Elis]. He was like his
brother killed by Heracles
1. Before that he had married Theraephone,
daughter of King Dexamenus 1 of Olenus, a city of
western Achaea on the
Gulf of Patrae, and begotten by her a son Thalpius,
one of the ACHAEAN
LEADERS against Troy
[Apd.2.7.2, 3.10.8; Dio.4.33.3; Ov.Met.8.299;
Pau.5.3.4; Pin.Oly.10.28].
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Eurytus 2, also counted among the
ARGONAUTS, was son of
Hermes and Antianira 1
[Hyg.Fab.14, 160, 173; Pin.Pyth.4.179; Val.1.439].
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Evippus 1. One of the sons of Thestius 1,
killed by Meleager
disputing about the skin of the Calydonian Boar
[Apd.1.7.10, 1.8.2].
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Hippasus 1. Son of Eurytus 3
[Hyg.Fab.173].
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Hippalmus 1 was attacked by the
Calydonian Boar but survived [Ov.Met.8.360].
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Hippothous 2. It is said that Hippothous
2 was suckled by a mare when he was a babe. He was
the son either of Cercyon 1, an Arcadian evil-doer
killed by Theseus, or of
Poseidon and Alope,
daughter of Cercyon 1 [Hyg.Fab.173, 187, 252].
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Hippothous 6 was son of Cercyon 2, son of
Agamedes 2, son of Stymphalus 1, son of Elatus 2,
son of Arcas 1, son of Zeus
and Callisto. The
kingdom of Arcadia
devolved upon him when Agapenor did not return from
Troy. He established his
capital in Trapezus and was succeeded by his son
Aepytus 4 [see also
Arcadia] [Pau.8.5.4,
8.45.7].
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Hyleus was killed by the Calydonian Boar
[Apd.1.8.2; Ov.Met.8.299ff.].
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Idas 2 and his brother Lynceus 1 came
from Messenia and are
known for having opposed the
DIOSCURI. Idas 2, who
was one of the
ARGONAUTS, is said to
have killed Castor 1. Idas 2 was son of Arene,
either by Poseidon or
by Aphareus 1, son of King Perieres 1 of
Messenia. Idas 2 was
killed by Polydeuces, but before that he married
Marpessa 1, daughter of Evenus 2, and had by her a
daughter Cleopatra 4, who was
Meleager's wife
[Apd.1.8.2, 3.10.3, 3.11.2; CYP.1, 12; Hyg.Fab.14,
80; Stat.Theb.5.405; Val.1.461].
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Iolaus 1 is the charioteer of
Heracles 1, who shared
with him most of his
Labours. He is
also known for as the founder of a colony in
Sardinia. Iolaus 1 is the son of Iphicles
(Heracles 1's
half-brother) and Automedusa, daughter of Alcathous
3, son of Pelops 1.
Iolaus 1 married Heracles
1's ex-wife Megara, and had by her a beautiful
daughter called Leipephilene, wife of Phylas 2, son
of Antiochus 1, son of
Heracles 1. Iolaus 1
was one of the
ARGONAUTS [Apd.2.5.2,
2.4.11, 2.5.12; Dio.4.29.4; Eur.Hcl. passim;
Hyg.Fab.14, 173; Pau.8.14.9, 9.40.6;
Pin.Pyth.11.59].
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Iphicles is son of
Amphitryon and
Alcmena, and
half-brother of Heracles
1. Husband of Automedusa and father of Iolaus 1
[see above]. Iphicles was wounded in the first
battle fought by Heracles
1 against the Eleans and Augeas, and died later
of his wound [Apd.1.8.2, 2.4.11; Pau.8.14.9].
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Iphiclus 2, previously one of the
ARGONAUTS, is one of
the sons of Thestius 1 (either by Leucippe 1 or by
Eurythemis). He was killed by
Meleager disputing
about the skin of the Calydonian Boar [Apd.1.7.10,
1.8.2; Hyg.Fab.14].
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Ischepolis. Son of Alcathous 3, son of
Pelops 1. His mother was
either Pyrgo 1 (Alcathous 3's first wife), or
Evaechme 1 (Alcathous 3's second wife). Evaechme 1
was daughter of Megareus 2, eponym of
Megara and the man who
came from Onchestus with an army of Boeotians to
help Nisus 1 in his war against
Minos 2. Evaechme 1's
mother was Iphinoe 3, daughter of King Nisus 1 of
Megara [Pau.1.42.6,
1.43.4].
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Jason.
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Laertes, also one of the
ARGONAUTS, is best
known for being the father of
Odysseus and Ctimene.
His wife was Anticlia 1, daughter of Autolycus 1.
Laertes' father was Arcisius, son of
Zeus, according to some, or
son of Cephalus 1 and
Procris 2, according to
others [Apd.1.9.16; Apd.Ep.3.12; Hom.Od.15.363;
Hyg.Fab.173].
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Lelex 1. A man from Locris, the region on
the mainland side of the Euboean Sea (Opuntian
Locris) [Ov.Met.8.299ff.].
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Leucippus 1. Son of Hippocoon 2, the man
who expelled Icarius 1 and
Tyndareus from
Lacedaemon and became king of the Lacedaemonians
[Hyg.Fab.173].
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Lynceus 1, also one of the
ARGONAUTS, was famous
for his sharpness of sight; he could even see
things under ground. Son of Aphareus 1 [see
Messenia] and Arene. He
was brother of Idas 2 [see above] and opposing the
DIOSCURI he was killed
either by Castor 1 or by Polydeuces. Lynceus 1 died
childless [AO.1188; Apd.1.8.2, 3.10.3, 3.11.2;
CYP.1; Hyg.Fab.14, 80; Pau.4.2.7; Pin.Nem.10.61;
Val.1.462].
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Meleager.
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Mopsus 1 was a seer who, having attended
Pirithous' wedding,
fought against the
CENTAURS, when these
attempted against the bride. He is said to have
been killed by a serpent while wandering at the
furthest ends of Libya during the expedition of the
ARGONAUTS; but if this
were so he could not have been among the CALYDONIAN
HUNTERS. Mopsus 1 was son of Ampycus 1, son of
Elatus 6, and Chloris 2 [AO.948; Arg.1.80,
4.1502ff.; Hes.SH.181; Hyg.Fab.14, 173;
Ov.Met.12.456; Stat.Theb.5.417; Strab.9.5.22;
Val.1.384, 3.420].
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Nestor.
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Panopeus 1 was a Phocian also known for
having supported
Amphitryon against
the Taphians. He was son of Phocus 3, the son of
Aeacus and Psamathe 1
that was plotted against by his half-brothers
Peleus and Telamon. The
son of Panopeus 1 is the architect Epeius 2,
constructor of the
WOODEN HORSE
[Apd.2.4.7; Ov.Met.8.299ff.; Pau.2.29.4; QS.4.324].
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Pelagon 3 survived an attack by the
Calydonian Boar [Ov.Met.8.360].
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Peleus.
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Phoenix 2 was made King of the Dolopians
by Peleus. He had been
blinded by his father Amyntor 1 on the strength of
a false accusation of seduction preferred against
him by his father's concubine Phthia 3, but his
sight was later restored by Chiron. He accompanied
Achilles to the
Trojan War and, dying
on his way back from Troy,
was buried by
Neoptolemus [see
also ACHAEAN
LEADERS] [Apd.3.12.8; Apd.Ep.6.12; Hyg.Fab.97,
173; QS.7.630; RET.1].
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Phyleus 1 parted from his father Augeas
in anger and migrated to Dulichium, one of the
Echinadian Islands at the entrance of the Gulf of
Corinth, but afterwards
Heracles 1 bestowed on
him the kingdom of Elis.
Phyleus 1 married first Eustyoche and begot Meges
1, one of the ACHAEAN
LEADERS against Troy.
Later he married Timandra 1, daughter of
Tyndareus and
Leda [Apd.2.5.5, 2.7.2;
Dio.4.33.4; Hes.CWE.67; Hom.Il.2.637; Hyg.Fab.97;
Ov.Met.8.299ff.; Pau.5.3.1].
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Pirithous.
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Plexippus 1. One of the sons of Thestius
1. He was killed by
Meleager disputing
about the skin of the Calydonian Boar [Apd.1.7.10,
1.8.2].
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Polydeuces. See
DIOSCURI.
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Prothous 5. One of the sons of Thestius 1
[Pau.8.45.7].
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Telamon, one of the
ARGONAUTS, and
possibly Peleus' brother;
for some say he was son of
Aeacus and Endeis. But
others say he was son of Actaeus 2 and Glauce 2
[see also Peleus]. He
accompanied Heracles 1
in his expedition against
Troy. There he received
Hesione 2, daughter of
King Laomedon 1 of Troy,
and had by her a son Teucer 1, who is one of the
ACHAEAN LEADERS
against Troy. Glauce 2 has
also been called his wife, but otherwise Telamon
married Periboea 2, daughter of Alcathous 3, son of
Pelops 1, and had by her
a son Ajax 1. Telamon is
also the father of Trambelus, a Lesbian who went
against Achilles, who
at the time was ravaging Lesbos, and was killed by
him. Trambelus is also known for having fallen in
love with Apriate, a Lesbian girl, whom he tried to
capture. She, however, struggled with violence
against him and Trambelus threw her into the sea
and she drowned [Apd.1.8.2, 2.6.4, 3.10.8,
3.12.6-7; Hyg.Fab.14, 97; Dio.4.32.5, 4.40.2,
4.72.7; Parth.26.4; Stat.Theb.5.379].
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Theseus.
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Toxeus 2. One of the sons of Thestius 1.
He was killed by
Meleager disputing
about the skin of the Calydonian Boar
[Ov.Met.8.299ff., 8.441].
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