“ Μελέαγρος) , in Greek legend, the son of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and Althaea. His father having neglected to sacrifice to Artemis, she sent a wild boar to ravage the land, which was eventually slain by Meleager. A war broke out between the Calydonians and Curetes (led by Althaea’s brothers) about the disposal of the head and skin, which Meleager awarded as a prize to Atalanta, who had inflicted the first wound; the brothers of Althaea lay in wait for Atalanta and robbed her of the spoils, but were slain by Meleager. ”

“ See R. Kekulé, De fabula meleagrea dissertatio (1861) ; Surber, Die Meleagersage (Zürich, 1880) ; articles on “Meleager” and “Meleagrides” in Roscher’s Lexikon der Mythologie; L. Preller, Griechische Mythologie; Apollodorus i. 8 ”