Althaea

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Althaea is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Meleager and queen of Calydon.

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Label Occurrences
Althaea canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology
mythological queen
associatedEvent curse on Meleager after he killed her brothers
associatedWith Calydonian Boar Hunt
fate motif of life tied to a brand or log
brothersKilledBy Meleager
category Aetolian characters in Greek mythology
Queens in Greek mythology
Women in Greek mythology
causeOfDeathOf Meleager
child Agelaus
Clymenus
Deianira
surface form: Deianeira

Eurymede
Gorge
Meleager
Periphas
Thyreus
Toxeus
culture Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
ethnicity Aetolian
father Thestius
gender female
husband Oeneus
knownFor being the mother of Meleager
causing the death of Meleager by burning the log tied to his life
languageOfOrigin Ancient Greek
maritalStatus married
mentionedIn Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Fabulae
surface form: Hyginus' Fabulae

works about the Calydonian Boar myth
motherOf Meleager
motivatedBy revenge for the death of her brothers
mythology Greek mythology
narrativeRole tragic mother
parentOf Argonaut-associated figures through her children
queenOf Kalydon
surface form: Calydon
realm Kalydon
surface form: Calydon
relatedMyth myth of Deianeira and Heracles
sibling Eurypylus
Eurypylus
surface form: Eurypylus of Aetolia

Evippus
Hypermnestra
Iphiclus
Leda
Plexippus
spouse Oeneus

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leda siblingOf Althaea
Meliae parent Althaea
Deianira mother Althaea
Thestius child Althaea
Cleopatra Alcyone relative Althaea