Althaea
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
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Mother of Meleager, keeper of the firebrand tied to his life.
Has he not, then, drawn a more wretched lot and a far more unfortunate destiny than they say Meleager, the son of Althaea and Oeneus, obtained—for whom they say a certain firebrand held in keeping the span of his life: