Kalidón ( ancient Greek Κᾰλῠδών ) is an ancient Greek city in South Aetolia , on the western bank of the River Evinos , on the ledge of Arakinfa . Together with the city of Kuretsk Plevron was the main city of the country.
| Ancient city | |
| Calidon | |
|---|---|
| dr.-greek Κᾰλῠδών | |
 City Acropolis | |
| Founder | Aetol or his son Calydon |
| Ruined | 31 BC er |
| Causes of destruction | settled |
| Composition of the population | the Greeks |
| Modern location | Greece , on the west bank of the River Even , on the ledge of the Arakinf |
It was founded either by the legendary Aethol , or by his son Calydon . The city was very famous at the time of Homer (Il. 2, 640. 9. 589), and was referred to as “rocky”, “high-bearing” and “beautiful”.
In Greek myths, he is glorified by his hero Meleagrom and the Calydonian Hunt , which is described in the Iliad (I, 529 ff.). The legend says that the king of Aeneas of Kalidon, sacrificing to the gods, forgot about Artemis. The angry goddess sent a terrible boar to the land. The son of Aeneas, Meleager, killed the boar. However, because of the skin and head of the killed animal, a dispute broke out between the Kalidonians and their neighbors Kureta.
The plot of the myth was taken as the basis for the Frennh 's drama Plevronyanka .
Literature
- Dictionary of Antique ї myphology і - Kiev, 1985. (Ukr.)
- Calydon // Encyclopedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1895. - T. XIV. - p. 27.
- Calydon // The Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities / ed.-comp. F. Lubker ; Edited by members of the Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy F. Gelbke , L. Georgievsky , F. Zelinsky , V. Kansky , M. Kutorgi and P. Nikitin . - SPb. , 1885. - p. 241.