Althaea
From LSJ
ἆρά γε λόγον ἔχει δυοῖν ἀρχαῖν, ὑλικῆς τε καὶ δραστικῆς → does it in fact have the function of two principles, the material and the active?
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀλθαία, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Althaea: ae, f., = Ἀλθαία,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Althæa,¹⁴ æ, f., Althée [mère de Méléagre] : Ov. M. 8, 446, etc.
