Calydonian Boar

The Calydonian Boar is one of the monsters that had to be overcome by heroes of the Olympian age. Created by Artemis, it was sent to ravage the region of Calydon in Aetolia because its king failed to honor her in his rites to the gods. The monstrous creature was later killed in the Great Calydonian Hunt, in which many male heroes took part, but also a powerful woman, Atalanta, who won its hide by first wounding it with an arrow. This outraged some of the men, with tragic results.
==Hunters==
The heroes who participated assembled from all over Hellas:
Hero 	Description
Acastus 	"a splendid javelin- thrower"
Admetus 	the son of Pheres, from Pherae
Alcon 	one of three sons of Ares from Amykles in Thrace
Amphiaraus 	the son of Oicles, from Argos
Ankaios 	"from Parrhasia", son of Lycurgus, killed by the boar. He wielded a two-headed axe, but he was undone by his boastfulness which gave the boar time enough to charge him.
Asclepius 	son of Apollo
Atalanta 	the daughter of Skoineus, from Arcadia
Caeneus 	son of Elatus
Castor and Pollux 	sons of Zeus and Leda, from Lacedaemon
Cepheus, from Arcadia 	?
Cteatus 	brother of Eurytus
Deucalion, son of Minos	?
Dryas of Calydon 	son of Ares
Echion 	one of the Argonauts, son of Hermes and Antianeira (daughter of Menoetius), brother of Erytusson
Enaesimus 	one of three sons of Ares from Amykles in Thrace
Epochus 	?
Euphemus 	son of Poseidon
Eurypylus 	?
Eurytion 	accidentally run through with the javelin of Peleus
Eurytus 	son of Hermes
Hippasus 	son of Eurytus
Hippothous 	the son of Kerkyon, son of Agamedes, son of Stymphalos
Hyleus 	killed by the boar
Iason 	Aeson’s son, from Iolkos
Idas and Lynceus 	sons of Aphareus, from Messene
Iolaus 	son of Iphicles, nephew of Hercules
Iphicles 	the twin of Hercules, who took no part, Amphitryon’s mortal son, from Thebes
Kometes and Prothous 	the sons of Thestius
Laertes 	son of Arcesius
Lelex 	of Naryx in Locria
Leucippus 	one of three sons of Ares from Amykles in Thrace
Lynceus and Idas 	?
Meleager 	son of Oineus
Moliones 	?
Mopsus 	son of Ampycus
Nestor 	?
Panopeus 	?
Peleus 	son of Aeacus, father of Achilles from Phthia
Phyleus 	from Elis
Pirithous 	son of Ixion, from Larissa, the friend of Theseus
Plexippus 	brother of Toxeus, slain by Meleager
Telamon 	son of Aeacus
Theseus of Athens 	faced another dangerous chthonic creature, the dusky wild Crommyonian Sow, on a separate occasion.
Toxeus 	brother of Plexippus, slain by Meleager
Category:Monsters