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Meleager [ˌmɛlɪˈeɪgə] n (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth one of the Argonauts, slayer of the Calydonian boar How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Now, the best tragedies are founded on the story of a few houses, on the fortunes of Alcmaeon, Oedipus, Orestes, Meleager, Thyestes, Telephus, and those others who have done or suffered something terrible. Quickness was ready at the call, and the two figures passed lightly along by the Meleager, towards the hall where the reclining Ariadne, then called the Cleopatra, lies in the marble voluptuousness of her beauty, the drapery folding around her with a petal-like ease and tenderness. ) strong Meleager loved of Ares, the golden-haired, dear son of Oeneus and Althaea. |
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