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- Atalanta – Mythopedia
Atalanta was a female hero renowned for her speed and strength She distinguished herself in many heroic exploits, including the Calydonian boar hunt
- Meleager – Mythopedia
Meleager Presents to Atalanta the Head of the Calydonian Boar by Guillaume Boichot (ca 1800) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain How did Meleager die? When Meleager was born, the Moirae (also known as the Fates) told Meleager’s mother, Althaea, that her son would die as soon as a certain log in her fireplace had burned away
- Greek Heroes – Mythopedia
The Greek heroes were a group of especially notable or superhuman mortals from myth In Greek religion, they were often worshipped in “hero cult” after they died
- Pandora – Mythopedia
Pandora was the first human woman in Greek mythology, created by the gods for the express purpose of punishing mortals The gods entrusted Pandora with a jar containing all the evils of the cosmos for her to unleash upon mankind
- Althaea – Mythopedia
Althaea, daughter of Thestius, was the wife of the Calydonian king Oeneus She was best known for bringing about the death of her son Meleager after he killed her brothers in a quarrel during the Calydonian Boar Hunt
- Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) – Mythopedia
Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces)—collectively known as the Dioscuri—were divine twins from Sparta who took part in many heroic exploits They became gods after their death
- Ladon – Mythopedia
Ladon was a formidable serpent or dragon, tasked with guarding the golden apples hidden in the Garden of the Hesperides When Heracles came to steal the apples for his eleventh labor, he first had to find a way around the imposing Ladon
- Ancaeus (son of Lycurgus) – Mythopedia
Ancaeus, son of Lycurgus of Tegea, was an Arcadian hero and strongman who wore a bearskin and wielded a double ax He took part in the voyage of the Argonauts and was killed during the Calydonian boar hunt
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