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 Translation for 'Erymanthian' from English to Russian
миф.
эриманфский вепрь {м}
Erymanthian Boar
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Translation for 'Erymanthian' from English to Russian

Erymanthian Boar
эриманфский вепрь {м}миф.
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Usage Examples English
  • According to Greek mythology Heracles used a net to catch the Erymanthian Boar in a gorge near Antroni.
  • Sent by Artemis to ravage the region of Calydon in Aetolia, it met its end in the Calydonian boar hunt, in which many of the great heroes of the age took part (an exception being Heracles, who vanquished his own Goddess-sent Erymanthian boar separately).
  • This tale is more usually found in the position of the Erymanthian Boar, since it is associated with Chiron choosing to forgo immortality and taking Prometheus' place.
  • "Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar" is an outdoor sculpture by Louis Tuaillon, located at Lützowplatz in Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany.
  • The river of Erymanthos that passes through the town is where Hercules is said to have captured the Erymanthian boar.

  • The name comes from the multitude of furnaces that existed here in the past. According to a myth, Hercules caught the Erymanthian Boar in the area called "Kaprivaina".
  • When Heracles returned with the Erymanthian Boar, Eurystheus was again frightened and hid in his jar, begging Heracles to get rid of the beast; Heracles obliged.
  • Louis XIV possessed Giambolognesque bronzes of "Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar" ([...] and "Heracles and the Cerynian Stag" [...] (now Louvre Museum) that are now attributed to Tacca, and dated to the 1620s.
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