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Greek Mythology >> Bestiary >> Clazomenean Boar (Hus Klazomenaios)

HUS KLAZOMENAIOS

Greek Name

Ὑς Κλαζομεναιος

Transliteration

Hus Klazomenaios

Latin Spelling

Hus Clazomenaeus

Translation

Clazomenean Sow

Winged boar | Athenian red figure kylix C6th B.C. | Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Winged boar, Athenian red figure kylix C6th B.C., Staatliche Antikensammlungen

THE HUS KLAZOMENAIOS (Clazomenean Sow) was a giant winged boar which terrorized the Greek town of Klazomenai (Clazomenae) in Ionia, Asia Minor.

PARENTS

Nowhere stated, but see Khrysaor

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Aelian, On Animals 12. 38 (trans. Scholfield) (Greek natural history C2nd A.D.) :
"I have heard that on Klazomenai (Clazomenae) [an island west of Smyrna] there was a sow with wings, and it ravaged the territory of Klazomenai. And Artemon records this in his Annals of Klazomenai. That is why there is a spot named and celebrated as ‘The Place of the Winged Sow,’ and it is famous. But if anyone regards this as myth, let him do so."

SOURCES

GREEK

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