Althaea

• daughter of Thestius, wife of Oeneus, king of Calydon, and mother of Meleager, whom, in revenge for the death of her brothers slain by him in the Calydonian hunt, she killed, by burning the brand, on the preservation of which his life depended, Ov. M. 8, 446; 8, 511; 8, 531; cf. Hyg. Fab. 171.

(Ἄλθαία), 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 according to some, Meleager was regarded as the fruit of her intercourse with Ares, and that she was mother of Deianeira by Dionvsus. (Comp. Hyg. Fab. 120, 171, 174.) Althaea is especially celebrated in ancient story on account of the tragic fate of her son Meleager, who also became the cause of her death. Some say that she hung herself, others in that she killed herself with a dagger. (Apollod. 1.8.3; Ov. Met. 8.445, &c.) [L.S]

ALTHAEA (Ἀλθαία: Eth. Ἀλθαῖος), the chief city of the OLCADES in Spain, not far from Carthago Nova. Its capture was Hannibal's first exploit in Spain. (Plb. 3.13; Steph. Byz. s. v. ) Its position is unknown. Livy calls it Carteia (21.5).

(Ἀλθαία). The daughter of Thestius, wife of Oeneus, king of Calydon, mother of Tydeus, Meleager (q.v.), and Deïanira.

• Paus. 8.45.6, Apollod. 1.7.7
• wife of Oeneus, mother of Meleager: Apollod. 1.8.1
• curses Meleager: Apollod. 1.8.2, Paus. 10.31.3
• burns the brand on which the life of Meleager depended: Paus. 10.31.4, Apollod. 1.8.2
• hangs herself: Apollod. 1.8.3