Meleager Act I part II

After Atalanta leaves the table Euriponditis (yur-RIP-un-DITE-us) settles in her place. The innkeeper makes him check in his weapons at the bar, but Meleager snatches a spear before it is completely handed over. He appraises the weapon as being crafted by a master weapons maker and accuses Euri as a thief. Euri contests that he is the weapons maker himself. Meleager retorts that one so small and so poor would never have the skills or the money to be able to make such masterwork weapons.

These insults continue until Euriponditis is nearly thrown in prison for stealing, but a woman (Chloe) walks in through the door that can attest to the fact that he is a blacksmith of the weapons trade and also notes that he is a fine hunter as well.


Meleager takes note at this attribution and challenges Euriponditis to the Hunt for the White Stag that is to take place at the end of the week. Euri, with his pride wounded, sees this as an opportunity to regain his honor and also to shame Meleager who has flaunted his journeying with Jason in his face more than once in the last few minutes.

Meleager walks out the door to rest for the night.

Euriponditis talks to Chloe and starts to fall in love with her, only to realize at the end that she is a married woman (as told to him by the innkeeper after she leaver) and that Iphicles is her husband.