Oeneus (Oeneous; Vintner) Greek King of Calydon; husband of Althea, father of Meleager, Tydeus, Gorge, and the beautiful Deianira, who eventually married Heracles.
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Oeneus (Oeneous; Vintner) Greek King of Calydon; husband of Althea, father of Meleager, Tydeus, Gorge, and the beautiful Deianira, who eventually married Heracles. Oeneus was deprived of his kingdom by his nephews, and though his grandson, Diomedes, avenged him, two remaining nephews, who hid in Argos when he went there with Diomedes, killed the old king.
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