Distinguished for throwing the javelin. He slew the
Calydonian boar. It was declared by the fates that he would die as soon
as a piece of wood then on the fire was burnt up; whereupon his mother
snatched the log from the fire and extinguished it; but after Meleager
had slain his maternal uncles, his mother threw the brand on the fire
again, and Meleager died.
The death of Meleager was a favourite subject in ancient reliefs.
The famous picture of Charles le Brun is in the Musee Imperiale of
Paris.
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