Another word for calydon
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MEM aypor), in Greek legend, the son of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and Althaea.
Meleager, who withdrew, and refused to fight until the Curetes were on the point of capturing the city of Calydon.
He wrestles with Achelous for Deianeira (" destructive to husband "), daughter of Oeneus, king of Calydon, vanquishes the river god, and breaks off one of his horns, which as a horn of plenty is found as an attribute of Hercules in art.
Driven from Calydon for homicide, he goes with Deianeira to Trachis.
ALTHAEA, in classical legend, daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, wife of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and mother of Meleager.