Virgil and the Myths of Meleager
Virgil and the Myths of Meleager

Summary/Abstract: Numerous extant sources refer to the myths of Meleager, both his involvement in the Calydonian boar hunt and his ill-fated interaction with the heroine Atalanta. While significant work has been done on the Homeric, lyric, elegiac, and tragic accounts of Meleager, little to no attention has been paid to the influence of his lore on Virgil’s epic Aeneid. Close study of the surviving accounts of Meleager and Atalanta reveals a careful appropriation of diverse details of the myths by the Augustan poet in his depiction of Turnus and Camilla in the narrative of Aeneas’ war in Latium.

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