But Meleager said:   'It belongs to Atalanta, because it was she who gave him the very first  wound.

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Then they took the skin from his great body and offered it  to Meleager as a prize, because he had given the death wound to the wild  boar.

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It was as much as six of them  could carry.

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   The heroes then cut off the beast’s head.

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The boar could no longer stand up; but  he fought fiercely for some moments, and then rolled over, dead.

(from From Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin)

Then Meleager rushed up and  pierced his heart with his spear.

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A warrior let fly an arrow  which put out one of the beast’s eyes.

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It struck the boar in the  back, and a great stream of blood gushed out.

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   Atalanta now ran forward and threw her spear.

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The boar was getting the best of the fight.

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One of the oldest and noblest of the heroes  leveled his spear and threw it with all his force; but it only grazed  the boar’s tough skin and glanced upward and pierced the heart of a  warrior on the other side.

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  Another man ventured too far from his hiding-place and was also  overtaken and killed.

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But that only made  the beast fiercer than ever; he charged upon the warrior, caught him  before he could save himself, and tore him in pieces with his tusks.

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   Then one of the bravest of the men threw his spear.

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The white  foam rolled from his mouth, his eyes glistened red like fire, and he  grunted so fiercely that the woods and hills echoed with fearful sounds.

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He stood in the middle  of a little open space, tearing up the ground with his tusks.

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The  heroes hid behind the trees or climbed up among the branches, for they  had not expected to see so terrible a creature.

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Soon the  great beast was found, and he came charging out upon his foes.

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   For nine days the heroes and huntsmen feasted in the halls of King  OEneus, and early on the tenth they set out for the forest.

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And yet the brothers of Queen Althea kept on  muttering and complaining.

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