Devoir de Philosophie

cALydoniAn boAr hunt

Publié le 17/01/2022

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Greek The boar was a ferocious creature sent by the goddess Artemis to ravage Calydon, an ancient city in Aetolia, in western Greece. Oeneus, the king of Calydon, had offended the goddess by failing to offer her proper sacrifices. She sent the boar as punishment. Meleager, the son of Oeneus, sought to kill the boar. He sent messengers far and wide asking princes and sportsmen to come to his aid. Among those that came were the hero of Athens, Theseus; his friend Peirithous; Jason; and Atalanta. Atalanta, the only woman in the hunt, was the first to wound the boar, which was finally killed by Meleager. He presented the boar's hide to Atalanta, thus causing anger and quarrels among the men. The Calydonian Boar Hunt is a heroic saga that first appears in Homer's iliAd.

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