Meleager
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This article is about the mythological figure. For other uses, see Meleager (disambiguation).
"Meleagros" redirects here. For the genus of beetle, see Meleagros (beetle).
In Greek mythology, Meleager (/ˌmɛliˈeɪɡər/,[1] Greek: Μελέαγρος, translit. Meléagros) was a hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia. He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer.[2] Meleager is also mentioned as one of the Argonauts.