In Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. Our surviving sources of mythology are literary reworkings of this oral tradition, supplemented by interpretations of iconic imagery, sometimes modern ones, sometimes ancient ones, as... Greek mythology, Althaea was the daughter of In Greek mythology, Thestius was the son of either Ares and Demonice, or Agenor (son of Pleuron son of Aetolus) by Epicasta. He was the father of Iphiclus with Leucippe (or, if Ares was his father, with Eurythemis). With Eurythemis, he may have also been the father of Althea, Eurypylus... Thestius, wife of In Greek mythology, two people shared the name Oeneus, or Oineus. By Periboea, father of Tydeus A Calydonian king, son of Porthaon, husband of Althaea and father of Meleager and Melanippe. He introduced winemaking to Aetolia, which he learned from Dionysus. His brothers, Agrius, sons deposed him but Diomedes... Oeneus and mother of This article is about the mythological figure Meleager. For the Macedonian general, see Meleager (general). In Greek mythology, Meleager was the son of Althaea and Oeneus and, according to some accounts father of Parthenopeus and Polydora. When Meleager was born, the Moirae predicted he would only live until a brand... Meleager, In Greek mythology, Melanippe referred to several different people. Mother or lover of Aeolus Daughter of Althaea and Oeneus, one of the Meleagrids. She was turned into a guinea pig by Artemis after the death of her brother, Meleager. Sister of Hippolyte and daughter of Ares. Heracles captured her and... Melanippe (one of the In Greek mythology, the Meleagrids were the daughters of Althaea and Oeneus, sisters of Meleager. When their brother died, Artemis changed them into guineafowl. Hence the scientific name for the guineafowl family of birds is the Melagridae. The American turkey has the genus name Meleagris from confusion with the African... Meleagrids), and Like many mortal women in Greek mythology, Deianira (also Deianeira) occupied a perilous threshold position between the daylit world of Olympian gods and heroes and the dark chthonic primordial world of primitive earth magic. She was the daughter of Althaea and Oeneus (wine-man and thus civilized), the king of... Deianeira.

When Meleager was born, the In Greek mythology, the white-robed Moirae or Moerae (Greek Μοίραι – the Apportioners, often called the Fates) were the personifications of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae, sparing ones, or Fatae; also equivalent to the Germanic Norns). They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every... Moirae predicted he would only live until a brand, burning in the family hearth, was consumed by fire. Althaea immediately hid the brand. Later, Meleager killed her two brothers in an argument and she placed the brand back upon the fire, killing him.

For other uses, see Ovid (disambiguation) Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1640 London edition of Ovids Metamorphoses Publius Ovidius Naso, ( March 20, 43 BC – AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations... Ovid VIII, 455

119 Althaea is a sizable main belt asteroid. It is bright in color and is probably a mixture of silicates and nickel-iron metals. It was discovered by J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872 and named after Althaea, the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology. Two occultations by Althaea... 119 Althaea is a Polaroid® (a trademark of the Polaroid Corporation) is the name of a type of synthetic plastic sheet which is used to polarise light. The original material, patented in 1929 and further developed in 1932 by Edwin H. Land, consists of many microscopic crystals of iodoquinine sulphate (herapathite) embedded in a... polaroid named after Althaea.