Calydonian Boar.

Calydonian Boar. Once upon a time, according to a Greek myth, Ceneus, king of Calydon, the ancient capital of Ætolia, omitted a sacrifice to Artemis, whereupon the goddess, when he was absent on the Argonautic expedition, sent a frightful boar to lay waste his fields. No one dared to face the monster, until Meleager, the son of Ceneus, with a band of heroes pursued and slew him. The Curetes laid claim to the head and hide, but were driven off by Meleager. Later accounts make Meleager summon to the hunt heroes from all parts of Greece, among them the maiden Atalanta, who gave the monster the first wound.