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In Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, Meleager was the son of Althaea and Oeneus

Oeneus

In Greek mythology, Oeneus, or Oineus was a Calydonian king, son of Porthaon, husband of Althaea and father of Deianira, Meleager and Melanippe....
and, according to some accounts father of Parthenopeus

Parthenopeus

In Greek mythology, Parthenopeus was one of the Seven Against Thebes and the son of Atalanta and Hippomenes, Meleager, or Ares, or perhaps the son of Talaus....
and Polydora

Polydora

In Greek mythology, Polydora was a name attributed to several individuals:* Polydora was the daughter of either Peleus and Antigone, or Perieres and Gorgophone....
. His story has similarities with the Scandinavian Norna-Gests þáttr
Norna-Gests þáttr

Norna-Gests ??ttr or the Story of Norna-Gest is a legendary saga about the Norse hero Norna-Gest. The story is inserted into the ?l?fs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta in the Flatey Book and contains several poems from the Poetic Edda....
. When Meleager was born, the Moirae

Moirae

The Moirae or Moerae , in Greek mythology, were the white-robed personifications of destiny . The Greek word moira literally means a part or portion, and by extension one's portion in life or destiny....
(the Fates) predicted he would only live until a brand, burning in the family hearth, was consumed by fire. Althaea immediately doused and hid the brand. Meleager married Cleopatra

Cleopatra Alcyone

Cleopatra Alcyone was the daughter of Idas and Marpessa and the wife of Meleager; she died with grief when her husband was killed by Apollo. ...
, daughter of Idas

Idas

In Greek mythology, Idas was a son of Aphareus and Arene and brother of Lynceus . He and Lynceus loved Hilaeira and Phoebe and fought with their rival suitors, Castor and Polydeuces, killing the mortal brother Castor....
. However, in some versions, he had to defeat Atalanta in a footrace, which was aided by Athena

Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....
.

Oeneus sent Meleager to gather up heroes to hunt the Calydonian Boar

Calydonian Boar

The Calydonian Boar is one of the monsters of Greek mythology that had to be overcome by heroes of the Olympian age. Sent by Artemis to ravage the region of Calydon in Aetolia because its king failed to honor her in his rites to the gods, it was killed in the Calydonian Hunt, in which many male heroes took part, but also a powerful wom...
that had been stalking the area.

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In Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Oeneus

Parthenopeus

In Greek mythology, Parthenopeus was one of the Seven Against Thebes and the son of Atalanta and Hippomenes, Meleager, or Ares, or perhaps the son of Talaus....
and Polydora

Polydora

Moirae

Cleopatra Alcyone

Cleopatra Alcyone was the daughter of Idas and Marpessa and the wife of Meleager; she died with grief when her husband was killed by Apollo. ...
, daughter of Idas

Idas

Athena

Calydonian Boar

Atalanta

Atalanta is a character from ancient Greek mythology.After being told by an oracle she would be ruined if she were to marry, Atalanta set up a contest to win her hand in marriage....
, a fierce huntress, whom he loved. According to one account of the hunt, Hylaeus

Hylaeus

Hylaeus can refer to:*Hylaeus and Rhaecus*Hylaeus , a genus of bees...
and Rhaecus, two centaur

Centaur

In Greek mythology, the centaurs are a race of creatures composed of part human and part horse. In early Attica Pottery of ancient Greece, they are depicted with the torso of a human joined at the waist to the horse's withers, where the horse's neck would be....
s, tried to rape Atalanta. Meleager killed them.

Then, Atalanta wounded the boar and Meleager killed it. He awarded her the hide since she had drawn the first drop of blood.

Toxeus

Toxeus

In Greek mythology, Toxeus participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. He was angry that the prize of the boar's hide had been given to a woman by Meleager, who then killed him in the ensuing argument....
and Plexippus

Plexippus

In Greek mythology, Plexippus participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. He was angry that the prize of the boar's hide had been given to a woman by Meleager, who then killed him in the ensuing argument....
(Althaea's brothers) grew enraged that the prize was given to a woman. Meleager killed them in the following argument. He also killed Iphicles

Iphicles

In Greek mythology, Iphicles referred to three different people:#The half-brother of Heracles, being the son of Alcmene and her human husband Amphitryon whereas Heracles was her son by Zeus....
and Eurypylus

Eurypylus

In Greek mythology, Eurypylus was the name of several different people....
for insulting Atalanta. Since Meleager had killed her two brothers, Althaea placed the brand back upon the fire, killing him.

Meleager is also mentioned as one of the Argonauts

Argonauts

In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece....
. With Atalanta, Meleager may have been the father of Parthenopeus

Parthenopeus

In Greek mythology, Parthenopeus was one of the Seven Against Thebes and the son of Atalanta and Hippomenes, Meleager, or Ares, or perhaps the son of Talaus....
, although in other versions Hippomenes

Hippomenes

In Greek mythology, Hippomenes , also known as Melanion, was the husband of Atalanta....
was his father.

Meleager

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