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to_o euristeus_n whereat_o euristeus_n be_v so_o much_o afraid_a that_o he_o go_v and_o hide_v himself_o in_o a_o brazen_a vessel_n whereof_o virgil_n speak_v thus_o placarit_fw-la sylvam_fw-la &_o lernam_fw-la tremefecerit_fw-la arcu_fw-la and_o of_o this_o erymanthean_a boar_n martial_a speak_v quantus_fw-la erat_fw-la calydon_n aut_fw-la erymanthe_n tuus_fw-la of_o the_o calydonian_a boar_n there_o be_v this_o story_n in_o homer_n when_o oeneus_n the_o prince_n of_o aetolia_n sacrifice_v the_o first_o fruit_n of_o his_o country_n to_o the_o god_n he_o forget_v diana_n wherewithal_o she_o be_v very_o angry_a and_o send_v among_o the_o people_n a_o savage_a boar_n which_o destroy_v both_o the_o country_n and_o inhabitant_n against_o who_o the_o calydonian_o and_o pleuronians_n go_v forth_o in_o hunt_v and_o first_o of_o all_o that_o wound_v the_o wild_a beast_n be_v meleager_n the_o son_n of_o oeneus_n for_o reward_n whereof_o he_o receive_v his_o head_n and_o his_o skin_n which_o 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of_o a_o cubit_n long_o and_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o hunt_n be_v express_v in_o the_o pinnacle_n of_o the_o temple_n of_o tegea_n for_o which_o cause_n he_o be_v call_v the_o tegean_a boar._n upon_o the_o one_o side_n of_o the_o boar_n against_o his_o middle_n be_v paint_v atalanta_n meleager_n theseus_n telamonius_n peleus_n pollus_fw-la and_o jolaus_n the_o companion_n of_o all_o hercules_n travail_n prothus_n and_o comet_n the_o son_n of_o thiestius_n and_o brethren_n of_o althaea_n on_o the_o other_o side_n of_o the_o boar_n stand_v ancaeus_n wound_v and_o epochus_fw-la sustain_v his_o hunt_a spear_n next_o unto_o he_o stand_v castor_n and_o amphiaraus_n the_o son_n of_o oicleus_fw-la after_o they_o hippothus_n the_o son_n of_o certion_n agamedes_n the_o son_n of_o stymphelus_n and_o last_o pirithous_n the_o tooth_n of_o this_o boar_n be_v take_v take_v away_o by_o augustus_n after_o the_o time_n that_o he_o have_v overcome_v anthony_n which_o he_o hang_v up_o in_o the_o 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