Althaea
mythological figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages
daughter of Thestius
in the texts
Epinicians
Meleager's mother, who burns the magical brand tied to her son's life, causing his death.
My mother, the hostile daughter of Thestius, did not take this into account;
She took the log of my swift doom out of the ornate chest, and burned it.
Orations
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: