Althaea (mythology)

Althaea
Queen of Calydon
Althaea kills Meleager, side relief on a Roman marble sarcophagus, 2nd century.
AbodeAetolia, Calydon
Genealogy
Parents
SiblingsLeda, Plexippus, Toxeus, Hypermnestra, Evippus, Iphiclus, and Eurypylus
SpouseOeneus
ChildrenMeleager, Deianira, Toxeus, Melanippe, Eurymede, Thyreus, Pheres, Clymenus, Agelaus, Periphas, and Gorge

In Greek mythology, Althaea (/ælˈθiːə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλθαία, romanized: Althaía, lit. 'healer' from ἀλθαίνω althaino, "to cure", also "a kind of mallow"), also rendered Althea or Althaia, was queen of Calydon through her marriage to King Oeneus. Althaea appears in myths surrounding the fabled Calydonian boar hunt, and is infamous for murdering her son Meleager.

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