See also:

• MELEAGER (Gk. M€X aypos)

MELEAGER (Gk. M€X aypos)  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, the son of Oeneus, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• CALYDON (Kaw&iav)

Calydon, and See also:

• ALTHAEA

Althaea . His See also:

• FATHER

father having neglected to See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice to See also:

• ARTEMIS

Artemis, she sent a See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger. languages, cf. Dutch beer, Ger. Eber)

boar to ravage the See also:

• LAND

land, which was eventually slain by See also:

• MELEAGER (Gk. M€X aypos)

Meleager . A See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out between the Calydonians and See also:

• CURETES (Gr. Kobprjres and KovA-res)

Curetes (led by Althaea's See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers) about the disposal of the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and skin, which Meleager awarded as a See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize to See also:

• ATALANTA

Atalanta, who had inflicted the first See also:

• WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound; the brothers of Althaea See also:

• LAY

lay in wait for Atalanta and robbed her of the spoils, but were slain by Meleager . When Althaea heard this, she cursed Meleager, who withdrew, and refused to fight until the Curetes were on the point of capturing the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Calydon . Then, yielding to his wife's entreaties, he sallied forth and defeated the enemy, but was never seen again, having been carried off by the See also:

• ERINYES (Lat. Furiae)

Erinyes, who had heard his See also:

• MOTHER

mother's curse (or he was slain by See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo in See also:

• BATTLE

battle) . According to a later tradition, not known to See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, the Moerae appeared to Althaea when Meleager was seven days old, and announced^ that the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child would only live as See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as the See also:

• LOG (a word of uncertain etymological origin,possibly onomatopoeic; the New English Dictionary rejects the derivation from Norwegian lag, a fallen tree)

log blazing on the See also:

• HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

hearth remained unconsumed . Althaea thereupon seized the log, extinguished the flames, and hid it in a See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box . But, after her brothers' See also:

• DEATH

death, she relighted the log, and let it See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn away until Meleager died.3 Then, horrified at what she had done, she hanged herself, or died of grief . The sisters of Meleager were 2 The See also:

• GOD

god 'EXtoOv was also Phoenician; see See also:

• DRIVER, SAMUEL ROLLES (1846– )

Driver, See also:

• GENESIS
• GENESIS (Gr. 'ybeo-es, becoming; the term being used in English as a synonym for origin or process of coming into being)

Genesis, p . 165; See also:

• LAGRANGE, JOSEPH LOUIS (1736-1813)

Lagrange, Religions Simitiques, See also:

• INDEX

Index, s.v . 3 On the See also:

• TORCH (O. Fr. torche, from Med. Lat. tortia, derived from tortus, twisted, torquere, to twist)

torch as representing the See also:

• LIGHT

light of See also:

• LIFE

life, see E . Kuhnert in Rheinisches Museum, x1ix., 1894, and J .

See also:

• GRIMM, FRIEDRICH MELCHIOR, I
• GRIMM, JACOB LUDWIG CARL (1785-1863)
• GRIMM, WILHELM CARL (1786-1859)

Grimm, See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

Mythology (Eng. trans. by J . Stallybrass, ,88o), ii . 853 . changed by Artemis out of compassion into See also:

• GUINEA

guinea fowls and removed to the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Leros, where they mourned See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• YEAR

year for their See also:

• BROTHER

brother . The life and adventures of Meleager were a favourite subject in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient literature and See also:

• ART

art . Meleager is represented as a tall, vigorous youth with See also:

• CURLY, JEAN NICOLAS (1774-1827)

curly See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, holding a See also:

• JAVELIN

javelin or a boar's head, and accompanied by a See also:

• DOG

dog, See R . See also:

• KEKULE, FRIEDRICH AUGUST (1829-1896)

Kekule, De fabula meleagrea dissertatio (1861); Surber, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Meleagersage (See also:

• ZURICH
• ZURICH (Fr. Zurich; Ital. Zurigo)

Zurich, 188o) ; articles on Meleager " and Meleagrides " in See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie; L . See also:

• PRELLER, FRIEDRICH (1804–1878)
• PRELLER, LUDWIG (1809–1861)

Preller, Griechische Mythologie; See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus i . 8; Homer, Iliad, ix . 527; Died . Sic. iv . 34; Dio See also:

• CHRYSOSTOM

Chrysostom, Or .

67; See also:

• HYGINUS
• HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)
• HYGINUS, GAIUS JULIUS

Hyginus, Fab . 171; See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam . Viii . 260-545 . In the See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article GREEK ART (fig .