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withstands boar

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  1. "[From a description of an ancient Greek painting depicting the Kalydonian (Calydonian) boar hunt :] Are you surprised to see a girl [Atalanta] entering into so great a contest and withstanding the attack of so savage and so huge a boar? For you see how bloodshot is his eye, how his crest bristles, and how abundant is the foam that drips from his long upright tusks, which are unblunted at the point; and you see how the beast's bulk is proportional to his stride, which indeed is indicated by these tracks that are as large as those of a bull. For the painter has not failed to embody any of these points in his painting.
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  3. Author: Philostratus the Younger
  4. Source: Imagines 15
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