Althaea

Althaea in Wikipedia

Althaea (also commonly spelled Althea, Ancient Greek: Ἀλθαία - Althaía) was in Greek mythology the daughter of King Thestius and Eurythemis, and was sister to Lecla, Hypermnestra, Iphiclus, Euippus, &c.[1] She was also the wife of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and mother of five sons, Meleager, Melanippe (one of the Meleagrids), Troxeus, Thyreu...

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Althaea in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*)/Alqai/a), a daughter of the Aetolian king Thestius and Eurythemis, and sister of Leda, Hypermnestra, Iphiclus, Euippus, &c. She was married to Oeneus, king of Calydon, by whom she became the mother of Troxeus, Thyreus, Clymenus, and Meleager, and of two daughters, Gorge and Deianeira. (Apollod. 1.7.10, 8.1.) Apollodorus states, that ac...

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