Kalydon vs Calydon - What's the difference?
kalydon | calydon | Alternative forms |
* 1853 , George Grote, History of Greece ,
(historical) An Ancient Greek city in the country of Ætolia]], north of the [[w:Gulf of Patras, Gulf of Patras in western Greece, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus.
(historical, Greek mythology) The legendary founding king and eponym of the city of Calydon, whose failure to honour the goddess Artemis in a rite resulted in her sending the Calydonian Boar to lay waste to the city.
Kalydon is an alternative form of calydon.
As proper nouns the difference between kalydon and calydon
is that kalydon is while calydon is (historical) an ancient greek city in the country of Ætolia]], north of the [[w:gulf of patras|gulf of patras in western greece, situated on the west bank of the river evenus.kalydon
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)page #485:
- So in regard to the legends of Greece,?—?Troy, Thêbes, the Argonauts, the Boar of Kalydôn , Hêraklês, Thêseus, Œdipus,?—?the conviction still holds in men’s minds, that there must be something true at the bottom?;?and many readers of this work may be displeased, I fear, not to see conjured up before them the Eidôlon of an authentic history, even though the vital spark of evidence be altogether wanting.¹