Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.... , Oeneus, or Oineus (???e??) was a Calydon
Calydon
Calydon was an ancient Greece city in Aetolia, situated on the west bank of the river Evenus. According to Greek mythology, the city took its name from its founder Calydon, son of Aetolus, son of Endymion.... ian king, son of Porthaon
Porthaon
In Greek mythology, Porthaon was the king of Calydon and father of Oeneus and Agrius. He was the son of Agenor, son of Pleuron who was the son of Pleuron who was the son of Aetolus, son of Endymion who was the son of Endymion .... , husband of Althaea and father of Deianira
Deianira
De?anira or Dejanira is a figure in Greek mythology, best-known for being Heracles' third wife and, in the late Classical Greece story, unwittingly killing him with the Shirt of Nessus.... , Meleager
Meleager
In Greek mythology, Meleager was the son of Althaea and Oeneus and, according to some accounts father of Parthenopeus and Polydora. His story has similarities with the Scandinavian Norna-Gests ??ttr.... and Melanippe
Melanippe
In Greek mythology, Melanippe referred to several different people.#Daughter of the Centaur Chiron. Also known as Hippe or Euippe. She bore a daughter to Aeolus, Melanippe or Arne .... . He introduced winemaking to Aetolia
Aetolia
Aetolia is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern prefectures of Greece of Aetolia-Acarnania.... , which he learned from Dionysus
Dionysus
In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos , is the God of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology, and one of the twelve Olympians, among whom Greek mythology treated Dionysus as a late arrival.... . The sons of his brother Agrius
Agrius
Agrius was in Greek mythology a son of Parthaon, king of Calydon in Aetolia, and Euryte; he was the brother of Oeneus , Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus, and Sterope.... deposed him but Diomedes
Diomedes
Diomedes or Diomed is a hero in Greek mythology, mostly known for his participation in the Trojan War. He was born to Tydeus and Deipyle and later became King of Argos, succeeding his grandfather, Adrastus.... put Oeneus back on the Calydonian throne. He was buried in Argos
Argos
Argos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplion, which was its historic harbour, named for Nauplius .... by Diomedes. He sent Meleager out to find heroes to kill the Calydonian Boar
Calydonian Boar
The Calydonian Boar is one of the monsters of Greek mythology that had to be overcome by heroes of the Olympian age. Sent by Artemis to ravage the region of Calydon in Aetolia because its king failed to honor her in his rites to the gods, it was killed in the Calydonian Hunt, in which many male heroes took part, but also a powerful wom... , which was ravaging Calydon because Oeneus had forgotten to honor Artemis
Artemis
In Greek mythology, Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills, child birth/virginity/fertility, the hunt and was often depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows..... at the harvest ceremonies.
In Greek mythology, Tydeus was the father of Diomedes and husband of Deipyle. He was a son of Oeneus and either Periboea, Oeneus's second wife, or Gorge, Oeneus's daughter.... by Periboea
Periboea
In Greek mythology, nine people shared the name Periboea .#Periboea was the daughter of either King Cychreus of Salamis Island or of Alcathous.... , though Tydeus was exiled from Aetolia and appears in myths concerning Argos
Argos
Argos is a city in Greece in the Peloponnese near Nafplion, which was its historic harbour, named for Nauplius .... .
