>>2735421I've read 40 or more boars, up to 70 depending on the size of tusks and exact style chosen upon.
>Next him Ulysses took a shining sword,>A bow and quiver, with bright arrows stored:>A well-proved casque, with leather braces bound,>(Thy gift, Meriones,) his temples crown’d;>Soft wool within; without, in order spread,[217]>A boar’s white teeth grinn’d horrid o’er his head.>This from Amyntor, rich Ormenus’ son,>Autolycus by fraudful rapine won,>And gave Amphidamas; from him the prize>Molus received, the pledge of social ties;>The helmet next by Merion was possess’d,>And now Ulysses’ thoughtful temples press’d.