Meleager, one of the Argonauts, is famed in Greek mythology as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt. This sarcophagus features the hero leading a host of warriors in a heated confrontation with the legendary animal. Meleager is seen aiming his spear at the boar while his consort, Atalanta, right behind him, draws an arrow from the quiver behind her right shoulder and holds the bow with her left hand.
Provenance: ar-Rastan, imported from Athens.
Material: marble.
Dimensions: height 92 cm, length 206 cm.
Era: early 3rd century CE.
Text: Šḥāda (p. 287-288).
Color photo: Wikimedia.
Collection of the National Museum of Damascus.
Ǧawdat Šḥāda - Guntram Koch. At-Tawābīt ar-Rūmānīyyā fī al-Matḥaf al-Waṭanī bi Dimašq. Annales archéologiques arabes syriennes T. XXXVIII - XXXIX,1988-1989.






