Meleager & the Calydonian Boar (Illustration)

Illustration

by Mark Cartwright
published on 27 January 2016

Meleager & the Calydonian Boar — A scene from a Roman sarcophagus depicting the Greek hero Meleager fighting the Calydonian boar. From Nea Ionia (Treis Gefyres). 2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum, Piraeus, Athens)

About the Author

Mark is a full-time writer, researcher, historian, and editor. Special interests include art, architecture, and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share. He holds an MA in Political Philosophy and is the WHE Publishing Director.

License & Copyright

Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 27 January 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

Related Images

Image

Cite This Work

APA Style

Cartwright, M. (2016, January 27). Meleager & the Calydonian Boar. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4517/meleager--the-calydonian-boar/

Chicago Style

Cartwright, Mark. "Meleager & the Calydonian Boar." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 27, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4517/meleager--the-calydonian-boar/.

MLA Style

Cartwright, Mark. "Meleager & the Calydonian Boar." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 27 Jan 2016. Web. 24 Apr 2024.