Among other adventures, Atalanta participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, which Artemis had sent to destroy Calydon because King Oeneus had forgotten her at the harvest sacrifices.

He sent Meleager out to find heroes to kill the Calydonian Boar, which was ravaging Calydon because Oeneus had forgotten to honor Artemis at the harvest ceremonies.

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.

Achelous was a suitor for Deianeira, daughter of Oeneus king of Calydon, but was defeated by Heracles, who wed her himself.

Later, Oeneus passed the Kingdom to his son-in-law Andraemon and headed for Argos to meet Diomedes.

Among those who responded were some of the Argonauts, Oeneus ' own son Meleager, and, remarkably for the Hunt's eventual success, one woman — the huntress Atalanta, the " indomitable ", who had been suckled by Artemis as a she-bear and raised as a huntress, a proxy for Artemis herself ( Kerenyi ; Ruck and Staples ).

He, along with his brothers, were killed for plotting against Oeneus.

King Oeneus had him gather heroes from all over Greece to hunt the Calydonian Boar.

King Oeneus (" wine man ") of Calydon, an ancient city of west-central Greece north of the Gulf of Patras, held annual harvest sacrifices to the gods on the sacred hill.

They occupied the interior of the country between the Colapis ( Kupa ) and Oeneus ( Una ) rivers, and the Velebit mountain range ( Mons Baebius ) which separated them from the coastal Liburnians.

Meleager, in rage, killed them, which resulted in a war between the Calydonians and the Curetes, in which all of Oeneus ' sons, including Meleager, fell.

They first stayed with King Polyphides of Sicyon, and later with King Oeneus of Calydon.

Deianira is the daughter of Althaea and Oeneus (" wine-man " and thus civilized ), the king of Calydon, and the sister of Meleager.

He succeeded to his father-in-law Oeneus ' power over Aetolia.

* Clymenus, son of King Oeneus of Calydon and Althaea.

# Periboea, daughter of Hipponous and mother of Tydeus by Oeneus.

He still kept an eye on Calydonian politics ( his father ’ s homeland ), and when the sons of Agrius ( led by Thersites ) put Oeneus ( Diomedes ’ grandfather ) in jail and their own father on the throne, Diomedes decided to restore the throne to Oeneus.

Diomedes realized that his grandfather Oeneus hosted Bellerophon, and so Diomedes and Glaucus must also be friends.

Tydeus was a son of Oeneus and either Periboea, Oeneus's second wife, or Gorge, Oeneus's daughter.

He was killed by Tydeus, the son of Oeneus, Alcathous ' brother.

Oeneus with coat and sceptre, Attica | Attic white-ground lekythos, ca.

Oeneus was also the father of Tydeus by Periboea, daughter of Hipponous, though Tydeus was exiled from Aetolia and appears in myths concerning Argos.

Oeneus either died of natural causes or was killed by the surviving sons of Agrius who laid an ambush against him while Diomedes was transporting him to Peloponessus.

* A son of Parthaon, king of Calydon in Aetolia, and Euryte ; he was the brother of Oeneus ( who succeeded his father as king of Calydon ), Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus, and Sterope.

He was father of six sons, including Melanippus and Thersites, who overthrew Oeneus and gave the kingdom to their father.

Agrius and his sons were themselves overthrown by Diomedes, who reinstated Oeneus as king.

The Bibliotheca places these events before the expedition of the Greeks against Troy, while Hyginus states that Diomedes, when he heard, after the fall of Troy, of the misfortune of his grandfather Oeneus, hastened back and expelled Agrius, who then committed suicide ; according to others, Agrius and his sons were all slain by Diomedes.

In Greek mythology, Porthaon (), sometimes referred to as Parthaon or Portheus, was the king of Calydon, husband of Euryte and father of Oeneus, Agrius, Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus and Sterope, also of the Argonaut Laocoön by an unnamed female servant, or by Euryte too.

:" Being in great difficulty they fled to a neighbouring city ( ad civitatem, quæ iuxta erat, confugerunt ) and began to promise and offer to their gods -- But inasmuch as the city was not strong and there were few to offer resistance, they sent messengers to the Danes and asked for friendship and alliance.

David conquers the Jebusite fortress of Jerusalem, and makes it his capital, and " Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.

King San sent messengers to the Song Dynasty at least twice in 421 and 425.

This would have been a king of Japan ( referred to as Wa by contemporary Chinese scholars ) who is said to have sent messengers to the Song Dynasty at least twice, in 443 and 451.

Bu sent messengers to the Song dynasty in 477 and 478 to ask for military support for protecting Baekje against the threat of Goguryeo.

Allah has sent numerous prophets and messengers to humankind since the dawn of history.

The easiest way to see this is to consider that these people were the examples sent for humanity to follow, and so if they committed errors, people would be obliged to follow their errors, thereby making the prophets and messengers untrustable.

The Æsir then sent forth messengers to all things to have them weep for Baldr, so that he may return from Hel.

At first the beginning of each Jewish month was signaled to the communities of Israel and beyond by fires lit on mountaintops, but after the Samaritans began to light false fires, messengers were sent.

Messengers were sent to " Scythia ", where " a number " of warriors were selected, and, with sixteen ships, the messengers returned.

Chapter 11 begins with the return of the messengers sent to Germania, bringing with them eighteen ships full of " the best soldiers they could get.

It is also said that just like Ashoka, Samprati sent messengers & preachers to Greece, Persia & the Middle East to facilitate the spread of Jainism.

As Jacob neared the land of Canaan, he sent messengers ahead to his brother Esau.

Malcolm sent messengers to discuss the question and William Rufus agreed to a meeting.

Three days after Tannhäuser's departure Urban's staff blooms with flowers ; messengers are sent to retrieve the knight, but he has already returned to Venusberg, never to be seen again.

Paschal remained unconvinced, and while pretending to accept Sergius, sent messengers to the exarch of Ravenna John Platyn promising gold in exchange for military support.

Traditionally, four prophets are believed to have been sent holy books: the Tawrat ( Torah ) to Moses, the Zabur ( Psalms ) to David, the Injil ( Gospel ) to Jesus, and the Qur ' an to Muhammad ; those prophets are considered " messengers " or rasul ( Ule al A ' zm men al Rusul أولي العزم من الرسل ).

Besides the four Holy Books sent by God to the four messengers, Muslims believe that God also had granted Scrolls ( Suhuf ) to Abraham ( Suhuf-e-Ibrahim ) and Moses ( Books of Moses ).

:" The King of England was struck with great astonishment, and wondered what alliance could mean, and, taking precautions for the future, frequently sent messengers into France for the purpose of recalling his son Richard ; who, pretending that he was peaceably inclined and ready to come to his father, made his way to Chinon, and, in spite of the person who had the custody thereof, carried off the greater part of his father's treasures, and fortified his castles in Poitou with the same, refusing to go to his father.

In the spring of 1180, while Saladin was in the area of Safad, anxious to commence a vigorous campaign against the Kingdom of Jerusalem, King Baldwin sent messengers to him with proposals of peace.

Saladin and his army met the coalition at Harran in February 1183, but on hearing of his approach, the latter sent messengers to Saladin asking for peace.

Three days after Tannhäuser's departure Urban's staff blooms with flowers ; messengers are sent to retrieve the knight, but he has already returned to Venusberg, never to be seen again.

Those nobles who survived the massacre secretly sent messengers to Bolesław I and entreated him to come to their aid.

He sent messengers to Winchester who received the submission of that city from the widowed Queen Edith.

The next year, however, Sun Quan would have yet another misadventure in his dealings with Gongsun Yuan, as Gongsun sent messengers to him, offering to be his subject.