person
Meleager
also: son of Oeneus, Oenides
Son of Oeneus of Calydon; he withdrew from war after a quarrel and was won back to arms only by his wife's pleading, an exemplum Briseis presses on Achilles.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §3 the son of Oeneus
Meleager of Calydon, who left off fighting in anger and was recalled to battle only by his wife's prayer — Briseis's exemplum.
- The Heroides §4 The son of Oeneus
Meleager of Calydon, who loved the huntress Atalanta and gave her the spoils of the Calydonian boar.
- The Heroides §9 Meleager
Hero of Calydon and Deianira's brother, whose death she will share by dying.
- Ibis §19 son of Althaea
Meleager, whose life was bound to a brand; his mother Althaea burned it and he died, far away.
- Metamorphoses §8.202 Meleager
Son of Oeneus and Althaea, leader of the boar hunt; his life is bound to a brand.
- Metamorphoses §9.246 Meleager
Deianira's brother, the Calydonian hero whose death closed Book 8; she invokes him as she contemplates revenge.
- The Cure for Love §22 her absent son
Meleager, whose life was bound to a brand that his mother Althaea burned in revenge.