Althaea

Family: Calydon · Role: queen · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.7

🌐 Also appears in: The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Althæa)

Life events

• Althaea burned the hidden brand, causing Meleager to die.(Apollodorus, Library 1.8)
  • With: Meleager
  • “However, from grief at the slaughter of her brothers Althaea kindled the brand, and Meleager immediately expired.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.7

• parent: Eurythemis “the daughters were Althaea, Leda, Hypermnestra”
• parent: Thestius “the daughters were Althaea, Leda, Hypermnestra”

Apollodorus, Library 1.8

• married with Oeneus “He married Althaea, daughter of Thestius”
• child: Meleager “Althaea had also a son Meleager, by Oeneus”
• with Meleager (interaction) “Althaea kindled the brand, and Meleager immediately expired”
• child: Deianira “another daughter Deianira, who is said to have been begotten on Althaea by Dionysus.”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.