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Oeneus sent Meleager to gather up heroes from all over Greece to hunt the Calydonian Boar that had been terrorizing the area, rooting up the vines, Oeneus having omitted Artemis at a festival in which he honored the other gods.

In addition to the heroes he required, he chose Atalanta, a fierce huntress, whom he loved.

According to one account of the hunt, when Hylaeus and Rhaecus, two centaurs, tried to rape Atalanta, Meleager killed them.

Then, Atalanta wounded the boar and Meleager killed it.

He awarded her the hide since she had drawn the first drop of blood.