Meleager - Hannover, Germany
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N 52° 23.341 E 009° 41.874
32U E 547494 N 5804535
Statue of Meleager in Herrenhäuser Gärten in Hannover
Waymark Code: WMWDZQ
Location: Niedersachsen, Germany
Date Posted: 08/21/2017
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When Meleager was born, the Moirai (the Fates) predicted he would only live until a piece of wood, burning in the family hearth, was consumed by fire. Overhearing them, Althaea immediately doused and hid it.
When Althaea found out that Meleager had killed her brother and one of her sons, Althaea placed the piece of wood that she had stolen from the Fates (the one that the Fates predicted, once engulfed with fire, would kill Meleager) upon the fire, thus fulfilling the prophecy and killing Meleager, her own son.
In the Homeric version, Meleager was instead slain by the god Apollo.
Associated Religion(s): Greek
Statue Location: Herrenhäuser Gärten - Großer Garten
Entrance Fee: Apr-Oct: 8.00€, Nov-Mar: 6.00€
Artist: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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