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| | GNTO-Greek Islands-Leros-Historic Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | Meleagros, the king's son, killed the boar, but this irreverence cost him his life. |
 | | His sisters were lamenting his death, and the goddess, taking pity of them, turned them into hens and gave them the name of Meleagrids. |
 | | She established them on her island, Leros, which had just emerged from the sea, and whose marshland could provide food for them. |
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