Meleagros (English spelling)

Japanese: メレアグロス（英語表記）Meleagros

Hero of Greek mythology. Son of King Oeneus of Calydon and Althaea. Seven days after his birth, the Moirai appeared before his mother and predicted that he would only live until the wood in the furnace burned out. Althaea immediately took out the wood, put out the fire, and carefully stored it away. However, in order to slay the boar that had been unleashed by the anger of the goddess Artemis, Meleager gathered heroes from all over Greece and organized the famous "Calydonian Boar Hunt." However, he fell in love with Atalanta, the only woman who participated in the hunt. After she first wounded him with an arrow, he gave Atalanta the skin and head of the boar that he had killed himself. This caused a fight with his mother Althaea's brothers, who eventually killed his uncles. Upon hearing this, his mother became enraged and took out firewood and set Meleager on fire, killing him. Later, feeling remorseful, she followed her son and committed suicide.

Meleagros
Meleagros

[Born] Around 140 B.C. Syria, Gadara
[Died] c. 70 BCE Ancient Greek epigram poet and Cynic philosopher. He compiled the first Greek anthology, Stephanos, a collection of epigrams by 47 poets, which later became the basis of the Greek Anthology. It is said that the latter also included 130 of his own epigrams about love. His Menippian Satura has been lost.

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Japanese:

ギリシア神話の英雄。カリュドン王オイネウスとアルタイアの子。誕生して7日後に，母の前に現れたモイライによって，炉の中の薪が燃尽きるまでしか生きられないと予言されたため，アルタイアはすぐその薪を取出して火を消し，大切にしまっておいた。ところが，女神アルテミスの怒りによって放たれた国を荒すいのししを退治するため，ギリシア中の英雄を集め，有名な「カリュドンの猪狩」を催したメレアグロスは，この狩りに女性の身でただ1人だけ参加したアタランテに恋心を抱き，彼女が最初に矢傷を負わせたあと，彼がみずからの手で仕留めたいのししの毛皮と頭とをアタランテに与えたことから，これを不服とする母アルタイアの兄弟たちと争い，ついに伯父たちを殺してしまった。これを聞いて怒った母は，薪を取出して燃やしたため，メレアグロスは絶命し，のちに後悔した母も息子のあとを追って自害したという。

メレアグロス
Meleagros

[生]前140頃.シリア，ガダラ
[没]前70頃
古代ギリシアのエピグラム詩人，キュニコス派哲学者。 47人の詩人のエピグラムを集めてギリシア最初の詩選集『花冠』 Stephanosを編み，これがのちの『ギリシア詞華集』の母体となった。愛を歌った彼自身のエピグラム 130編も後者に収録されて伝えられている。彼のメニッポス風サトゥラは失われた。

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