Kalydon

E158934

ancient Greek city mythological location

Kalydon is an ancient Greek city in Aetolia, famed in mythology for the Calydonian Boar hunt and its prominent role in early Greek epic tradition.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek city ⓘ mythological location ⓘ
appearsInGenre	Greek mythology ⓘ epic poetry ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	yes ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	Deianira ⓘ surface form: Deianeira Diomedes ⓘ Tydeus ⓘ
associatedWithHero	Atalanta ⓘ Meleager ⓘ
associatedWithMyth	CalydonianBoar ⓘ surface form: Calydonian Boar
country	Greece ⓘ
culturalSignificance	important center in Aetolian myth and cult ⓘ
famedFor	Calydonian Boar hunt ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalExcavationsBy	Danish archaeological missions ⓘ Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece ⓘ surface form: Greek Archaeological Service
hasCult	Artemis ⓘ surface form: Artemis Laphria
hasGreekName	Καλυδών ⓘ
hasLatinName	Kalydon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Calydon
hasMythicRole	home of Meleager ⓘ kingdom of Oeneus ⓘ
hasSanctuaryOf	Apollo ⓘ Artemis ⓘ
hasTypeOfRemains	fortification walls ⓘ temple ruins ⓘ theatre remains ⓘ
locatedIn	Aetolia ⓘ central Greece ⓘ
locatedNear	Gulf of Patras ⓘ
mentionedIn	Homeric epics ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ surface form: Iliad early Greek epic tradition ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement	Evinochori ⓘ
mythologicalEvent	curse on the house of Oeneus ⓘ
mythologicalKing	Oeneus ⓘ
nearRiver	Evenus River ⓘ
partOf	Aetolian League ⓘ surface form: ancient Aetolian League
periodOfFlourishing	Archaic period ⓘ Classical period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
regionInAntiquity	Aetolia ⓘ
roleInMyth	setting of the Calydonian Boar hunt ⓘ