Althæa

First appears: Fable 73

Life events

• Althæa throws the fatal billet into the flames, undoing the protection of Meleager’s life.(Fable73)
  • With: Meleager
  • “and turning herself away, with trembling right hand she threw the fatal brand into the midst of the flames.”
• Althæa kills herself with a sword after realizing she caused Meleager’s death.(Fable73)
  • “But her own hand, conscious to itself of the ruthless deed, exacted punishment of the mother, the sword piercing her entrails.”

Fable 73

• child: Meleager “the mother snatched the flaming brand from the fire”
• siblings with Plexippus “she beheld her slain brothers carried off {from the field}”
• siblings with Toxeus “she beheld her slain brothers carried off {from the field}”
• parent: Thestius “the daughter of Thestius”
• with Mars (The footnote reports an intrigue.) “Mars was engaged in an intrigue with Althæa”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.