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|Text=[[Ἀλθαία]], ἡ.|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1000.jpg}}]]Ἀλθαία, ἡ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Althaea</b>: ae, f., = Ἀλθαία,<br /><b>I</b> [[daughter]] of [[Thestius]], [[wife]] of Œneus, [[king]] of [[Calydon]], and [[mother]] of [[Meleager]], whom, in [[revenge]] for the [[death]] of her brothers [[slain]] by him in the Calydonian [[hunt]], she killed, by [[burning]] the [[brand]], on the [[preservation]] of [[which]] his [[life]] depended, Ov. M. 8, 446; 8, 511; 8, 531; cf. Hyg. Fab. 171.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(2) <b>Althæa</b>,¹⁴ æ, f., Althée [mère de Méléagre] : Ov. M. 8, 446, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) [[Althaea]]<sup>2</sup>, ae, f. (Ἀλθαία), [[Tochter]] [[des]] ätol. Königs [[Thestius]], Gemahlin [[des]] Öneus, Königs [[von]] Kalydon, [[bekannt]] [[durch]] das tragische [[Schicksal]] ihres Sohnes [[Meleager]] (s. [[Meleager]]), Ov. [[met]]. 8, 446. Hyg. fab. 171 sqq.
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