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	Perseus Vase: Munich 2243
		The first hunter, Kastor, has stuck one spear in the boar's eye and a second in its shoulder; the spear points stick out the other side of the bloody wounds.
		The second hunter, Polydeukes, stabs a trident with his left hand into the boar's forehead, while with his right he holds a spear ready.
		One hound, Charon, is biting the boar's snout.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/vaseindex?entry=Munich+2243 (1188 words)

	ODYSSEY/Greece/Mythology
		Her arrow was the first to strike the boar, wounding it so that Meleager could rush in and spear the beast in the heart.
		In revenge, Artemis sent a boar with bristles as sharp as steel and tusks as large as an elephant's.
		Meleager shared the boar's hide and tusks with Atalanta, against the angry protests of the other hunters who were jealous that a young woman should receive any of the prize or glory.
	carlos.emory.edu /ODYSSEY/GREECE/HeroBoar.html (321 words)

	Evermore Forums - Calydonian boar (and SO much more..)
		When he and Eurytion participated in the Calydonian boar hunt, however, Peleus accidentally killed Eurytion with a spear during the hunt, and had to flee Phthia.
		When the Calydonian boar was ravaging the countryside, his father set him to lead the band of heroes who went forth to hunt the beast.
		Afterwards, Meleager tried to award the boar's pelt to Atalanta, since he was in love with her and since she had been the first to draw blood in the hunt.
	www.evermoreforums.com /forums/showthread.php?t=3599 (2894 words)

	Medieval Swords, Rapiers And Historical Weapons
		Boar Spear Ash Wood Handle - The Boar spear is a modern re-creat...
		Boars Head Banner - The Boars Head Banner has a deep bl...
		European Pigface Basinet - European Pigface Basinet helm style...
	www.mwart.com /xq/ASP.sitemap/qx/.htm (2894 words)

	SPEAR - LoveToKnow Article on SPEAR
		All the prehistoric races handled the spear; all savage folk thrust with it or hurl it; civilized man still keeps it as the lance and the boar-spear; indeed, the bayonet is a spear-head with the rifle for a shaft.
		Developed from a sharp-headed stake, the spear may be reckoned, with the club, as among the most ancient of weapons.
		The Scots, always weaker than the English in archery, favored the long spear as the chief weapon of the infantry, and from Falkirk onwards held their own in their schiltron formation against all cavalry, until riddled and disarrayed by the arrow-flights.
	49.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SP/SPEAR.htm (569 words)

	The Boar Symbol
		In the boar type of the Iceni, the Corieltauvi's neighbours to the south, the "spear" intersects with the boar's snout, and is surmounted by a pellet-within-a-circle sun symbol.
		Nowhere is the association between the cross and the boar more clear than in an unattributed Armorican coin, on this coin, the figure of the boar forms the bar of a cross.
		The boar, aiming his tusks at the upper part of Ancaeus' loins, gores him, and his organs slip and trail from his body in a mass of blood that stains the earth.
	www.writer2001.com /boars.htm (4894 words)

	Pass the Boar spear please...
		As with all weapons, these boar spears became increasingly more elaborate in their decoration as time progressed (fig 4).
		For most hunters two weapons were favored for boar hunting; the spear and the sword.
		With a sword a hunter’s reach is only slightly greater than that of a boar and the slighted error could result in the sword wielder's demise (fig 3).
	www.vanishedwood.org /other/hunt2.htm (992 words)

	Boar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Historically, boar hunting was traditionally done by groups of spearmen using a specialised boar spear.
		A complete beast may represent what are seen as the positive qualities of the boar, namely courage and fierceness in battle; a boar's head may represent hospitality (from the common provision of roast boar at banquets), or it may symbolise that the bearer of the arms is a noted hunter.
		The wild boar was a symbol of Richard III of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boar (853 words)

	The Boar Symbol
		In the boar type of the Iceni, the Corieltauvi's neighbours to the south, the "spear" intersects with the boar's snout, and is surmounted by a pellet-within-a-circle sun symbol.
		Diarmait and the boar, born of the same mother, represent the forces of light and darkness.
		The boar, aiming his tusks at the upper part of Ancaeus' loins, gores him, and his organs slip and trail from his body in a mass of blood that stains the earth.
	www.writer2001.com /boars.htm (4894 words)

	Sword Forum International - spear of destiny?
		However, I've seen at least one picture of one of the "spears of destiny" in some museum in Europe somewhere (sadly, I've forgotten where I've seen it), and if my memory of it is correct, it rather resembles a boar spear from the later middle ages....
		The alleged Spear of Destiny is in a museum in Vienna.
		The spear of destiny (also referred to as "the Lance of Longinus", the traditional name of the centurion who officiated at the crucifixion) would have to have been one of a couple types: One, a standard "stabbing" spear (hasta or lancea).
	forums.swordforum.com /showthread.php?threadid=31942 (718 words)

	Boar
		The boar was extremely deadly and many were killed before the beast was finally injured by Atalanta's arrow and killed by Meleager's spear.
		The hunt of the Calydonian boar is a central tale of Greek mythology.
		The boar in Troilus's dream, also known as the Calydonian Boar, as Cassandra tells us in her interpretation, was ultimately slain by Meleager.
	filebox.vt.edu /k/krwilli2/TC/popup/boar.html (196 words)

	myArmoury.com - Differnces between spears and lances?
		A Norman/Saxon Spear is about the same as their lance, but 500 years later, a pike, boar spear and a heavy lance were very different items.
		The spear was developed to have a recesssed grip to give better grip and then a "disc" was added to allow the wielder to brace the lance against his body.
		A regulation length spear, by 13th century norwegian law, should not be longer than that you could reach the base of the spearhead., usualy about 8-9 feet.
	www.myarmoury.com /talk/viewtopic.php?t=4338 (4516 words)

	Houses of Elis and Calydon
		The Spartan twins, Castor and Polydeuces were mounted on their horses, with their javelins ready, but the boar slashed Hippasus' thigh, before it ran off to the woods.
		The Calydonian Boar Hunt was actually an account of Calydon's own hero, Meleager, which is his greatest achievement.
		Telamon was the first to follow after the boar into the woods, but tripped over a tree root.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/calydon.html (4334 words)

	Atalanta
		A Boar who was ENORMOUS (a son of Echidna, if I'm not mistaken), and had all the nasty qualities of a wild boar multiplied in character as much as he was multiplied in size.
		The skin of the boar was offered as a reward to the man who could kill it.
		Meleager got the skin and the credit (it was his spear that had the mortal wound after all) but was enlightened and cool and infatuated enough to give it to Atalanta.
	www.paleothea.com /Myths/Atalanta.html (1279 words)

	Untitled Document
		This one was called the Erymanthian boar, because it
		boar, frightened and out of breath, hid in a thicket.
		Then he trapped the boar in a net, and carried it all the
	www.ancientcoinart.com /labor4.html (305 words)

	Perseus Vase: Malibu 86.AE.154
		attacking, boar, Boar hunt, cavalryman, centaur, dog, Horse, horseman, hunting, Kaineus, Kaineus and centaurs, kneeling, Lapith, spear, stone
		Calydonian boar hunt, Battle of Lapiths and centaurs
		Six men and three dogs attack huge boar.
	www.perseus.tufts.edu /cgi-bin/vaseindex?lookup=Malibu+86.AE.154 (73 words)

	CoinArchives.com Search Results
		Diademed bust of Diana right, bow and quiver at her shoulder / Wild boar of Calydon, wounded by spear and attacked by dog, right.
		VIR behind / Wild boar of Calydon right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog; C....
		GETA before, III VIR behind, diademed and draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver on shoulder / Wild boar of Calydon right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog; C...
	www.coinarchives.com /a/results.php?results=100&search=Hosidia (510 words)

	definition of javelin
		Anciently, And, Be, Boar, By, Cast, Chiefly, Fierce, Foot, Game, Hand, Horsemen, Hunting, In, Javelin, Light, Now, Of, Or, Other, Pierce, Sort, Spear, The, Thew, Thrown, To, Used, War, Weapon, Wild, With
		A sort of light spear, to be thrown or cast by thew hand; anciently, a weapon of war used by horsemen and foot soldiers; now used chiefly in hunting the wild boar and other fierce game.
		Be, Boar, Cast, Foot, Game, Hand, Hunting, In, Javelin, Light, Now, Or, Sort, Spear, To, War, Weapon
	www.brainydictionary.com /words/ja/javelin181386.html (510 words)

	Houses of Elis and Calydon
		The war began over hunt, in which Thestius' sons claimed that Iphiclus was the first to wound the boar (Atalanta wasn't even mentioned in the epic).
		The Calydonian Boar Hunt was actually an account of Calydon's own hero, Meleager, which is his greatest achievement.
		See the Calydonian Boar Hunt, for the account of Meleager's birth, life and death.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/calydon.html (510 words)

	Aitolia - Ancient Greek Coinage thumbnail index - WildWinds.com
		Laureate head of Aetolos(?) right / Spear-head and jaw-bone of boar.
		Head of Herakles right, in lion's skin headdress / AITWLWN, Aitolos seated right on a Macedonian shield which rests on a pile of three Gallic shields, which rest on Gallic karnyx, holding spear in right hand, sword in left; small L to inner left, monogram above SE to right.
		Head of Herakles right, in lion’s skin headdress / Aitolos seated right on pile of Gallic & Macedonian shields which rest on Gallic karnyx, holding spear & sword; monograms to right.
	www.wildwinds.com /coins/greece/aitolia/t.html (510 words)

	Golden Age of Heroes
		Jason took part in the Calydonian boar hunt, where he only managed to kill a dog with his miscast spear.
		Amyntor was one of the hunters of the Calydonian Boar.
		Odysseus was wounded by a wild boar that he had killed, and the young hero bore a permanent scar on his thigh.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/heroes1.html (510 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum
		But Sindri said, "The boar Golden Bristle may not be judged as great a wonder as the spear Gungnir or the boat Skidbladnir.
		T was then that Loki, with the wish of making the Æsir and the Vanir friendly to him once more, brought out the wonderful things he had gained from the Dwarfs—the spear Gungnir and the boat Skidbladnir.
		Loki gave the spear as a gift to Odin, and to Frey, who was chief of the Vanir, he gave the boat Skidbladnir.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=colum&book=odin&story=brock (2477 words)

	Herodotus: Book One
		Atys argues that a boar cannot kill him with a spear; Croesus agrees and lets him go (39-40).
		Adrastus accidentally kills Atys with a spear, fulfilling the oracle (43).
		After dreaming that his son Atys would be killed by an iron spear, Croesus tries to change Atys' life from military to domestic (34).
	academic.reed.edu /humanities/Hum110/Hdt/Hdt1.html (2790 words)

	trans
		Then Adrastus was the first who burned to cast his spear at the boar, and Adrastus was the next.
		On the very day of the wedding, the Mysians appeared, begging that he despatch his son and the other young men to hunt down a boar who, coming from Mt. Olympus, was ravaging their fields.
		But as the boar charged, Adrastus, aiming at the beast with his deadly weapon, killed Croesusâ son with a cast gone awry.
	www.philological.bham.ac.uk /mease/trans.html (7438 words)

	Norse myths :: Treasures of the gods
		The first masterpiece Brokk and Eitri came up with was Gullinbursti, a beast made from both gold and a boar's hide.
		This is the boar with the golden bristles; it shines in the dark and can run faster than most horses across the sky, land and water.
		The brilliant boar Gullinbursti and the foldable ship Skidbladnir was given to Freyr.
	www.norse-myths.com /Norse-myths-Treasures-of-the-gods2.html (406 words)

	Preferred Arms - Pole Arms
		Awl Pike, Jedburg Axe, Lochaber Axe, Pole Axe, Bohemian Ear Spoon, Bec de Corbin, Military Fork, Ranseur, Partisan, Halberd, Spear, Boar Spear, Chauve-Souris, Feather Staff, Volgue, Guisarme, Scorpion, Glaive, Bill, Ronca, Catch Pole, Flail, Scythe, Fauchard, Berdiche, Trident, Quarterstaff, Catch-Pole, Holy Water Sprinkler, Linstock and Spontoon
		The Swiss army of the 15th century was highly respected (and feared) for their skill and discipline with a long version of the spear, called a pike.
		The halberd (see photo at right) eventually replaced the pike in Swiss armies but was certainly not restricted to use in that country alone.
	www.preferredarms.com /Pole%20Arms.htm (406 words)

	Of Thor and Giants
		The collapsible ship, Skidbladnir, was given to Freyr, and Loki gave irresistible spear, (Gungnir), to Odin.
		Brokk gave the boar with gold bristles (Gullinbursti) to Freyr, the gold ring (Draupnir) to Odin, and the Mjollnir to Thor.
		They created the indestructible spear, called Gungnir, for Odin.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/thor.html (4808 words)

	iqexpand.com
		So to make gifts to Freyr, Eitri threw a pig's skin into furnace as Brokk worked on the bellows and together they manufactured two non-living machine boars, one of which is Gullinbursti (meaning "Golden Mane") which had bristles in its mane that glowed in the dark.
		He rides a chariot pulled by the golden boar Gullinbursti which was made for him by the dwarves Brokk and Eitri.
		In Norse mythology, when Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skidbladnir and Odin's spear Gungni done by the sons of Ivaldi, he bet his own head with Brokk that his brother Eitri wouldn't have been able to make items worth as much as the ones above.
	gullinbursti.iqexpand.com (324 words)

	Maximinus I, Roman Imperial Coinage of, Thumbnail Index - WildWinds.com
		/B, A/M/K, Maximinus standing left, holding plant & transverse spear; boar standing left at his feet to left.
		MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate bust right, seen from behind / PM TRP IIII COS PP SC, Maximinus standing left, right hand raised, holding spear in left; two standards behind to the left, one right.
		Maximinus I Æ 33mm of Anemurium in Cilicia.
	www.wildwinds.com /coins/ric/maximinus_I/t.html (2773 words)

	''Atalanta and Meleager' circa 1635-37' , by Studio of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Artwork of the Month
		This tragic story fascinated Rubens throughout his life but he first painted the scene of the hunt in which Atalanta is shooting an arrow while Meleager stands next to her with his spear ready to deliver the final blow.
		When Meleager assisted by Atalanta killed the boar, he offered the boar's head to Atalanta as a gesture of love.
		Meleager was the son of Ares and Althaea.
	www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk /picture-of-month/displaypicture.asp?venue=2&id=6 (776 words)

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