person
Althaea
Wife of Oeneus and mother of Meleager and Deianira; she killed herself after bringing about Meleager's death.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §9 my mother (drove the steel)
Althaea, Deianira's mother, who stabbed herself after causing Meleager's death.
- The Heroides §20 the mother (Althaea)
Althaea, who killed her own son Meleager — 'more savage than the boar' — in the Calydonian tale.
- Metamorphoses §8.213 Althaea
Mother of Meleager and sister of Plexippus and Toxeus; she destroys her son to avenge her brothers.
- The Cure for Love §22 Thestius's daughter
Althaea, who killed her son Meleager by burning the brand on which his life depended.
- Sorrows §1.7 daughter of Thestius
Althaea, who burned the brand that held her son Meleager's life; Ovid's image for burning his own 'innocent books.'