Μελέαγρος (ᾧ μέλει ἄγρα):
Meleāger, son of Oeneus and Althaea,
husband of Cleopatra, the slayer of the Calydonian boar. A quarrel
arose between the Curētes of Pleuron and the Aetolians for
the head and skin of the boar. The Aetolians had the upper hand until
Meleāger withdrew from the struggle in consequence of the
curses of his mother. But he was afterwards induced by his wife to
enter the conflict again, and he drove the Curētes
vanquished into Acarnania, Il. 9.543
ff., Il. 2.642.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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