Oeneus

First to receive the vine-plant from Dionysus. Calls together the heroes of Greece to hunt the Calydonian boar.

Genealogy

Euryte

Porthaon

Agrius, Alcathous, Halirrhothius, Leucopeus, Melas, Sterope

Althaea, Periboea

Clymenus, Deianira, Gorge, Meleager, Olenias, Thyreus, Toxeus, Tydeus

Group

Calydonian Boar Hunt

Places
  1. Arcadia
  2. Argos
  3. Calydon
  4. Oenoe
  5. Olenus
  6. Peloponnese
  7. Unknown
Events
  1. Oeneus reigns over Calydon
  2. Oeneus gets a vine-plant from Dionysus
  3. Oeneus kills his son Toxeus
  4. Heroes gather in Calydon to fight the boar
  5. Olenus is sacked, Oeneus gets Periboea as a prize
  6. The Sons of Agrius take control of Thebes for Agrius
  7. Diomedes and Oeneus go to the Peleponnese
  8. Oeneus is killed by the remaining sons of Agrius
  9. Diomedes takes Oeneus’ body to Argos
  10. Diomedes buries Oeneus
  11. Alcmaeon visits Oeneus
  12. Oeneus hosts Bellerophon for twenty days, during which time the two exchange gifts
  13. Artemis is angered when Oeneus offers the first fruits of his harvest in sacrifice to all gods but her
  14. Oeneus and Althaia ask their son, Meleager, for his help against the Curetes
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.10
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.1
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.4
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.5
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.6
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.5
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.6
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.8
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.1
  12. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 6.3
  13. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.5
  14. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.15
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 640
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 807
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 212
  18. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 527
  19. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 573
  20. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 10, Section 482
  21. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 109
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 13.8
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 23.5
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.2
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