The Calydonian Boar

This is a picture of Calydonian Boar being killed in the Calydonian Hunt. It was another beast that had to be overcome by the Olympian heroes. It was sent by Artemis to cause destruction on the region of Calydon
in Aetolia beacuse its king did not owner her.

It was killed in the Caltdoinian Hunt where many male heroes took place in, but Atlanta made first wound on the creatures and caused chaos on the hunt which resulted in many fatalities.

The Calydonian hunt is one such event in which all the Greek heroes came together and par
ticipated like the quest for the Golden Fleece and the Trojan War. This competition had all the famous Greek heroes like Theseus,Perseus but with the exception of Heracles.

The great Poets Homer and Hesoid knew about the myths they did not convert it into classic like the Odysseus. Stesichorus's telling are all that remain of the Greek collection of the story. The Roman poet Ovid described the story in a more colourful manner in his Metamorphoses.

The King Oeneus of Calydon held annual sacrifices to the gods. Once he forgot to make a sacrifice to Artemis, insulted she let loose the most ferocious boar in the land. It rampaged towns destroyed vineyars and crops and forced people to escape inside the city walls where they starved.

The King Oeneus offered the Boar's tusks and pelts as prizes.

Many came among those were some of the Argonauts, and Oeneus's own son Meleager and the famous sprinter and huntress Atalanta. Atalanta succeeded in wounding the boar with a arrow but lateron Meleager finished it. The pelts and tusks were kept inside a temple of Athena.

Artemis did got her revenge. Meleager offered the prize to Atalanta but his uncles and cousins said they have the right to have after Meleager. Meleager slew his cousins and offered it to Atalanta agian. His mother seeing her brother's children die killed him with a deadly brand.
Then after many hunters turned on each other and the revenge was sweet for Artemis.