1000 Classical Characters Briefly Described

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Oeneus

A king of Calydon, son of Parthaon or Portheus and Euryte. He married Althaea, their children being Clymenus, Meleager, Gorge, and Dejanira. In a general sacrifice he made to the gods he slighted Diana, who, in revenge, sent a wild boar to waste his country. The animal was killed by Meleager in the celebrated Calydonian boar hunt.

After this, misfortunes overtook Oeneus, and he exiled himself from Calydon, and died on his way to Argolis.

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