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  Calydon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to Greek Mythology, the city took its name from its founder Calydon, son of Aetolus.
At the same time the Romans removed most of the art and treasures of the city to Patras, including the gold and ivory cultic statue of Artemis.
Strabo, in his Geographia, comments on the former beauty of Calydon, which by his time lay desolate: '...Calydon and Pleuron, which are now indeed reduced, though in early times these settlements were an ornament to Greece.'
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calydon   (195 words)

  
 Part III. The Heroes of the Quest. Chapter I. Atalanta the Huntress. I. Colum, Padraic. 1921. The Golden Fleece and the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It had come into Calydon and it was laying waste the fields and orchards and destroying the people’s cattle and horses.
It was then that the rulers of Calydon sent for The Heroes of the Quest to join with them in hunting the monster.
And he knew not, poor Meleagrus, that the love for Atalanta that had sprung into his heart was to bring to the fire the billet of wood on which his life depended.
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 Houses of Elis and Calydon
The House of Elis and the House of Calydon belonged to the Aeolids.
Calydon was a southern city of Aetolia, founded by Calydon, the son of Aetolus.
Calydon married Aeolia and had a daughter named Epicasta, who married her cousin, Agenor, the son of Pleuron and Xanthippe.
www.timelessmyths.com /classical/calydon.html   (4334 words)

  
 Calydon, Greek Mythology Link.
Calydon is a city in Aetolia, a region in mainland Greece, north of the Gulf of Patrae between the rivers Achelous and Evenus.
Calydon's daughter Epicasta 1 married her cousin Agenor 6, son of Pleuron and Xanthippe 1.
It is said that when Oeneus 2 was king of Calydon, he was negligent towards Artemis, and the goddess punished him and his country by sending a boar of huge size and strength, which prevented the land from being sown and destroyed the cattle and the people.
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 Calydon
In mythology, Calydon was founded by a king by that name, one of the sons of Ætolus, the eponym of the Ætolians, himself a son of Endymion, king of Elis, and of Pronoe, the daughter of Phorbas and sister of Augeas, king of Elis.
Calydon had only daughters, one of which, Epicaste, married Agenor, the son of her uncle Pleuron, Calydon's brother, and founder of a nearby city bearing his name.
Once grown up, Meleagrus took the lead in an episode called the hunt of Calydon, which tells the story of the hunt of a monstrous boar sent by Artemis in the country of Calydon after Oeneus had forgotten to name her in a thanksgiving ceremony at the end of the crops.
plato-dialogues.org /tools/loc/calydon.htm   (1445 words)

  
 Chapter Calydon <i>to</i> Camilla of C by Brewer's Readers Handbook
Calydon (Prince of), Meleager, famed for killing the Calydonian boar.—Apollodorus, i.
Calydon, a town of Ætolia, founded by Calydon.
Artemis, to punish Œneus [E.nuce] king of Calydon, in Ætolia, for neglect, sent a monster boar to ravage his vineyard s.
www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1113/14592/1.html   (410 words)

  
 Scribe Winter 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Developed at Calydon, Inc., a Silicon Valley biotechnology company, the drug will be clinically evaluated at up to nine leading university medical and private treatment centers throughout North America.
Calydon, Inc., a privately held company, is engaged in the development of viral therapeutics that selectively infect and destroy cancer cells for which a unique cellular marker exists, such as PSA for prostate cancer.
Calydon is developing tissue specific therapeutics for prostate, liver, bladder, melanoma and ovarian cancers.
www.med.wayne.edu /Scribe/scribe99-00/scribew00/arterbery.htm   (331 words)

  
 Cell Genesys, Inc. (CEGE) To Acquire Calydon, Inc. For Approximately 935,00...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The acquisition, which has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, will expand Cell Genesys' growing cancer product pipeline with a complementary group of cancer treatments based on oncolytic viruses, including CV706, which is expected to enter Phase III clinical trials for early-stage prostate cancer during 2002.
Cell Genesys plans to close Calydon's facilities in early 2002 but expects to retain the majority of Calydon's approximately 20 employees.
Calydon, Inc., a private company based in Sunnyvale, CA, was founded in 1994 with the goal of developing viral-based drug therapies based on the company's proprietary ARCA(TM) technology.
www.acor.org /drugs/pipeline/news/5865515.story   (1129 words)

  
 Calydon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Calydon ((A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek Καλυδών) was an ancient (A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek city in (Click link for more info and facts about Aetolia) Aetolia, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus.
According to (The mythology of the ancient Greeks) Greek Mythology, the city took its name from its founder Calydon, son of (Click link for more info and facts about Aetolus) Aetolus.
The city housed the important Aetolian (A consecrated place where sacred objects are kept) sanctuary known as the Laphrion, dedicated to (Click link for more info and facts about Artemis Laphria) Artemis Laphria and (Click link for more info and facts about Apollo Laphrios) Apollo Laphrios.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/calydon.htm   (193 words)

  
 My Lines - Person Page 447
Epicaste of Greek Myth was the daughter of King of Calydon Calydon of Greek Myth and Aeolia of Greek Myth.
King of Calydon Calydon of Greek Myth was the son of King of Calydon Aetolus of Greek Myth and Pronoƫ of Greek Myth.
She married King of Calydon Calydon of Greek Myth, son of King of Calydon Aetolus of Greek Myth and Pronoƫ of Greek Myth.
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 Atalanta in Calydon - National Library of Scotland
The Library has an almost complete set of publications of the Kelmscott Press, the acquisition of this fine copy leaves only 2 more to acquire (1 of which was privately printed and not available for public sale).
The publication of "Atalanta in Calydon" in 1865 brought the budding poet Swinburne both fame and notoriety in equal measure.
The work is based on the ancient Greek myth of the huntress Atalanta, who takes part in the hunt of the ferocious Calydonian boar and becomes inadvertently embroiled in a family conflict which leads to the death of the hero Meleager, caused by his own mother.
www.nls.uk /collections/rarebooks/acquisitions/singlebook.cfm/idfind/430   (367 words)

  
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With the addition of Calydon's technology and product candidates, Cell Genesys will now have three diverse cancer therapeutic product platforms and as many as three late stage product candidates with the potential to enter Phase III clinical trials during the next 18 months.
The acquisition, first announced on August 2, 2001, was structured as a stock-for-stock transaction in which Calydon shareholders will receive approximately 935,000 shares of Cell Genesys stock, then valued at approximately $17.4 million, and included the assumption of approximately up to $2.6 million in Calydon liabilities by Cell Genesys.
The cancer product platform developed by Calydon is based on a proprietary technology referred to as ARCA(TM), which employs oncolytic (cancer cell killing) viruses engineered to selectively replicate in and kill targeted cancer cells.
www.acor.org /drugs/pipeline/news/parsed/6175815.news   (751 words)

  
 Thersites, Greek Mythology Link.
However, Tydeus 2's son Diomedes 2 appeared in Calydon accompanied by Alcmaeon 1, the future leader of the EPIGONI against Thebes, and assisted by him, seized back what belonged to his grandfather Oeneus 2.
Agrius 3 was king of Calydon in Aetolia after his children overthrew Agrius 3's brother Oeneus 2.
His father was Porthaon [see Calydon] and his mother was Euryte 2, daughter of Hippodamas 1, son of the river god Achelous and Perimede 1, daughter of Aeolus 1.
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 Whoosh! Episode Guide: HTLJ THE ROAD TO CALYDON(H03/103)
Calydon is a charmed city protected by Apollo where Hera's curse will be broken.
Broteous doesn't want to go to Calydon, and he has at least one very good reason: the way lies through the Stymphalian swamp, which is guarded by a fierce winged monster.
If you work at it, you can make an argument for Hercules appearing as a kind of Christ figure: he does feed the hungry, almost miraculously provides water for Ixion and Jana, counsels compassion toward a prostitute, and ultimately leads the seekers to a kind of paradise.
www.whoosh.org /epguide/herk/h103_road.html   (1284 words)

  
 Business Wire: Calydon Begins U.S. Clinical Trial of the First Tissue-Specific Viral Therapeutic for Prostate Cancer
It is the first viral therapeutic that acts exclusively upon cells found in a specific tissue or organ.
Since Calydon's virus replicates in PSA expressing prostate cells, the therapeutic effect of a single dose is amplified as the virus replicates through the tumor.
Calydon, Inc., a privately held company, is engaged in the discovery and development of new viral therapeutics that target prostate and other cancers.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1998_Sept_2/ai_21086349   (516 words)

  
 Wyke Cross Junction
Whereas the West Calydon layout was primarily a branch terminus designed to be exhibited, this new layout is to be semi-permanent with the greater proportion housed in the garage.
The removal of West Calydon to become a permanent layout in Derek's Railway Room has freed-up the space in Nigel's garage for the new layout.
Derek is to re-work West Calydon into a double track through running layout, and Nigel's embarking upon a single track, out and back (via a loop in the garden) main-line.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /sevenmm/Wykecross_Junc/wyke_cross_junction.htm   (475 words)

  
 Greek Mythology and Ancient Greece - Heracles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The heroes had departed when he came into the country, and all the city was in grief for the deaths of Prince Meleagrus and his two uncles.
He made himself a suitor for Deianira, and those who protected her were glad of Heracles's suit, and they told him they would give him the maiden to marry as soon as the mourning for Prince Meleagrus and his uncles was over.
But then a dreadful thing happened in Calydon; by an accident, while using his strength unthinkingly, Heracles killed a lad who was related to Deianira.
www.greekhistoryandmythology.com /Greek_Mythology/Heroes_of_Greek_Mythology/Heracles/12   (529 words)

  
 [minstrels] Chorus from 'Atalanta in Calydon' -- A. C. Swinburne
There's another frequently anthologised part of Atlanta in Calydon, "When the hounds of spring are on their winter traces", which is one of the most insistently rhythmic and musical pieces of verse I know.
But he also had the ability to create verse which is almost epigrammatic in its precision and polish - without any loss of musicality.
Eliot puts it well: "The diffuseness is essential; had Swinburne practised greater concentration his verse would be, not better in the same kind, but a different thing.
www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/857.html   (381 words)

  
 Calydon, Inc. (Acquired By Cell Genesys, Inc.) Announces Issuance Of Three ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Calydon, Inc. is engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization of viral-based drug therapies that replicate in and kill cancer cells with far greater specificity than the standard cancer treatments of surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, thereby avoiding the complications associated with those treatments.
Calydon is currently focused on creating a suite of cancer therapeutics to treat the full spectrum of prostate cancer with curative intent.
The company has completed a Phase I/II clinical trial with CV706 (previously known as CN706), a drug designed to treat early-stage prostate cancer, and is currently conducting a Phase I/II clinical trial with CV787 for metastatic prostate cancer.
www.acor.org /drugs/pipeline/news/3687504.story   (401 words)

  
 CALYDON (Kaw&iav) - Online Information article about CALYDON (Kaw&iav)
CALYDON (Kawandiav) - Online Information article about CALYDON (Kawandiav)
It was said to have been founded by Calydon, son of Aetolus; to have been the See also:
The walls of Calydon are almost certainly to be recognized, in the Kastro of Kurtaga.
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 Hercules: The Road to Calydon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Later he reveals to Hercules that Zeus gave a young maiden of the town a golden chalice and when Hera learned of her husbands gift, she turned the maiden into a mangy dog and inflicted a curse on the town forever.
As the exhausted group begins to trek across the dangerous Stymphalian swamp which separates them from Calydon, they are attacked by a huge pterodactyl-like bird which swoops down on them.
Upon safely delivering the settlers to Calydon, Hercules bids his new friends farewell and watches happily as Jana and Ixion are finally accepted by the other.
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 TV Movies - Hercules   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
But the Seer conjures a vision revealing that his town is cursed - someone stole a chalice sacred to Hera, Queen of the Gods.
Hercules offers to lead the refugees onward, to the promised city of Calydon.
Hercules relieves him of his ill-gotten treasure and leads the refugees to the gates of Calydon where all curses are lifted.
www.netmoon.com /tvmovie/hercules/season1/road.htm   (179 words)

  
 VideoNET: Ancient Greece - Museum of Agrinion
Protome of Eros from the Heroon of Calydon.
Stone door from the burial chamber of the Heroon of Calydon.
Front surface of a cover-tile in the shape of a female head, from the Laphrion at Calydon.
www.videonet.gr /mus-agrinion.htm   (138 words)

  
 POEMS AND BALLADS & ATALANTA IN CALYDON - Kenneth Haynes - Penguin Group (USA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Republican, pagan, a sensualist alive to pleasure and to pain, Swinburne flouted the rules of Victorian decorum and morality in his life and work He created a unique means of expression through what Tennyson called his 'wonderful rhythmic invention', and yet his verse was influenced by poets from numerous periods and countries.
As T. Eliot remarked, there is no reason to call his power over words anything but genius.
This Penguin edition contains a preface, a table of dates, a commentary on the poems and two appendices, one of which is a map of the places mentioned in Atalanta in Calydon.
www.penguinputnam.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_0140422501,00.html   (185 words)

  
 Dionysus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A satyr named Ampelos was a good friend of Bacchus.
Callirhoe was a Calydonian woman who scorned a priest of Dionysus who threatened to inflict all the women of Calydon with insanity (see Maenad).
The priest was ordered to sacrifice Callirhoe but he killed himself instead.
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 NetSci: The Biotech YellowPages - CALYDON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Calydon's mission is to discover, develop and commercialize pharmaceuticals for the treatment of prostate cancer and related prostate disease.
Calydon's initial product consists of a prostate-specific gene (PSE) incorporated into an attenuated Adenovirus, creating an Attenuated Replication-Competent Adenovirus (ARCA').
Searches of the patent literature show Calydon to be the leader in the field of organ-specific attenuated Adenovirus therapeutics for prostate health applications.
www.netsci.org /Resources/Biotech/Yellowpages/C/calydon.html   (106 words)

  
 Calydon Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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