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See also:CALYDON (See also:Kaw&iav) , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Aetolia, according to See also:Pliny, 71 See also:Roman m. from the See also:sea, on the See also:river Euenus. It was said to have been founded by Calydon, son of Aetolus; to have been the See also:scene of the See also:hunting, by See also:Meleager and other heroes, of the famous Calydonian See also:boar, sent by See also:Artemis to See also:lay See also:waste the See also:fields; and to have taken See also:part in the Trojan See also:war. In See also:historical times it is first mentioned (391 B.C.) as in the See also:possession of the See also:Achaeans, who retained it for twenty years, by the assistance of the Lacedaemonian See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king, Agesilaus, notwithstanding the attacks of the Arcarnanians. After the See also:battle of See also:Leuctra (371 B.C.) it was restored by See also:Epaminondas to the Aetolians. In the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Pompey it was a town of importance; butAugustus removed its inhabitants to See also:Nicopolis, which he founded to commemorate his victory at See also:Actium (31 B.C.). The walls of Calydon are almost certainly to be recognized, in the Kastro of Kurtaga. These comprise a See also:circuit of over 2 m., with one large See also:gate and five smaller ones, and are situated on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill on the right or See also:west See also:bank of the Euenus. Remains of large See also:terrace walls outside the town probably indicate the position of the See also:temple of Artemis Laphria, whose See also:gold and See also:ivory statue was transferred to See also:Patras, together probably with her See also:ritual. This included a See also:sacrifice in which all kinds of beasts, See also:wild and tame, were driven into a wooden pyre and consumed.
See W. M. See also:Leake, Travels in N. See also:Greece, i. p. I09, iii. pp. 533 sqq. W. J. Woodhouse, Aetolia, pp. 95 sqq. (E.
End of Article: CALYDON (Kaw&iav)
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