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Althaea was the daughter of King Thestius [3] and Eurythemis, and was sister to Leda, Hypermnestra, Iphiclus, Euippus. [4] She was also the wife of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and mother of sons, Meleager, Toxeus, Thyreus (Pheres or Phereus), Clymenus, Agelaus (), Periphas and daughters, Deianeira, Gorge, Melanippe and Eurymede (the latter two were included in the Meleagrids). [5]
Althaea is the Latin rendering of Greek Ἀλθαία Althaia, which may be related to Greek ἀλθος althos "healing". It may refer to: Althaea (mythology), the daughter of Thestius and mother of Meleager; Althaea, a genus of up to a dozen species of perennial herbs, native to Europe and western Asia, that includes the marshmallow plant
Oeneus was the son of King Porthaon and Euryte, and thus, brother of Agrius, Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus, and Sterope.He married Althaea and became the father of Deianeira, Meleager, [3] Toxeus, Clymenus, Periphas, Agelaus (or Ageleus), Thyreus (or Phereus or Pheres), Gorge, Eurymede, Melanippe and Perimede [4] (although Meleager's and Deianeira's fathers could also have been Ares and Dionysus ...
This is a list of deities and legendary figures found in Etruscan mythology. The names below were taken mainly from Etruscan "picture bilinguals", which are Etruscan call-outs on art depicting mythological scenes or motifs.
In Greek mythology, Thestius (/ ˈ θ ɛ s tʃ ə s, ˈ θ ɛ s t i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θέστιος) was a king of Pleuronians in Aetolia. [1] He is not to be confused with Thespius, who was sometimes referred to as "Thestius". [2] The patronymic "Thestias" may refer to one of his daughters, Leda or Althaea, [3] and "Thestiades" to his ...
Meleager was a Calydonian prince as the son of Althaea and the vintner King Oeneus [4] or according to some, of the god Ares. [5] He was the brother of Deianeira , Toxeus , Clymenus , Periphas , Agelaus (or Ageleus ), Thyreus (or Phereus or Pheres ), Gorge , Eurymede and Melanippe .
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Tondo of a Laconian black-figure cup by the Naucratis Painter, c. 555 BCE (). Since the Calydonian boar hunt drew together numerous heroes [5] —among whom were many who were venerated as progenitors of their local ruling houses among tribal groups of Hellenes into Classical times—it offered a natural subject in classical art, for it was redolent with the web of myth that gathered around ...