Editing Oeneus (section)

== Family ==
Oeneus was the son of King [[Porthaon]] and [[Euryte]], and thus, brother of [[Agrius (son of Porthaon)|Agrius]], [[Alcathous]], [[Melas (mythology)|Melas]], [[Leucopeus]], and [[Sterope]]. He married [[Althaea (mythology)|Althaea]] and became the father of [[Deianira|Deianeira]], [[Meleager]],<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Oeneus 1.9.16]</ref> [[Toxeus]], [[Clymenus]], [[Periphas]], [[Agelaus]] (or [[Ageleus]]), [[Thyreus (mythology)|Thyreus]] (or [[Phereus]] or [[Pheres]]), [[Gorge (mythology)|Gorge]], [[Eurymede]], [[Melanippe]] and [[Perimede (mythology)|Perimede]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+7.4.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Oeneus 7.4.1]</ref> (although Meleager's and Deianeira's fathers could also have been [[Ares]] and [[Dionysus]]<ref name=":1">[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#129 129]</ref> respectively).<ref>The [[Hesiod]]ic ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' gives Meleagrus' father as Ares and names Oeneus' children by Althaea as: Pheres, Agelaus, Toxeus, Clymenus, Gorge and Deianeira (''Cat'', fr, 25).</ref><ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.8.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:chapter=&highlight=Oeneus 1.8.1]</ref><ref name=":2" /> s''ee [[Meleagrids]]''.

Oeneus was also the father of [[Tydeus]] and possibly [[Melanippus]] or [[Olenias]] by [[Periboea]], daughter of [[Hipponous]], though Tydeus was exiled from Aetolia and appears in myths concerning [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]].<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#69 69]</ref> According to [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [[Methone (Greek myth)|Mothone]] was a daughter of Oeneus by a concubine.<ref>Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+4.35.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:chapter=&highlight=Oeneus 4.35.1]</ref> In some accounts, Polyxo was called the sister of Meleager and thus, can be counted among the daughters of Oeneus.<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 9.584</ref>


{| class="wikitable"
|+ Comparative table of Oeneus' family
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"  | Relation
! scope="col" rowspan="2"  | Names
! scope="col" colspan="10" | Sources
|-
! scope="col" | Sch. ''on Hom.''
! scope="col" | ''Hesiod''
! scope="col" colspan="2" | ''Apollodorus''
! scope="col" colspan="2" | ''Hyginus''
! scope="col" colspan="3" | ''Pausanias''
! scope="col" | ''Antoninus''
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | ''Parents'' || Porthaon and Euryte ||  ||  || colspan="2" | ✓ || colspan="2" |  || colspan="3" | ||
|-
| scope="row" | Parthaon or  || || || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | ✓ || colspan="3" | ||
|-
| scope="row" | Porthaon or || || ✓ || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | || colspan="3" | ✓ ||
|-
| scope="row" | Portheus || || || colspan="2" | || colspan="2" | || colspan="3" | || ✓
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="5" | ''Siblings''|| Agrius || || || colspan="2" | ✓ || colspan="2" | ✓ || colspan="3" | ||
|-
| scope="row" | Alcathous || || || colspan="2" | ✓ || colspan="2" | || colspan="3" | ✓ ||
|-
| scope="row" | Melas || || || colspan="2" | ✓ || colspan="2" | || colspan="3" | ||
|-
| scope="row" | Leucopeus || || || colspan="2" | ✓ || colspan="2" | || colspan="3" | ||
|-
| scope="row" | Sterope || || || colspan="2" | ✓ || colspan="2" | || colspan="3" | ||
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="5" | ''Consort'' || Althaea || || ✓ || ✓ || || ✓ || || ✓ || || || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Periboea || || || || ✓ || || ✓ || || || ||
|-
| scope="row" | Gorge || || || || ✓ || || || || || ||
|-
| scope="row" | ''a concubine'' || || || || || || || || ✓ || ||
|-
| scope="row" | ''unnamed woman'' || || || || || || || || || ✓ ||
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="19" | ''Children'' || Polyxo || ✓ || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| scope="row" | Toxeus || || ✓ || ✓ || || || || || || || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Pheres or || || ✓ || || || || || || || ||
|-
| scope="row" | Thyreus or || || || ✓ || || || || || || ||
|-
| scope="row" | Phereus || || || || || || || || || || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Agelaus or || || ✓ || || || || || || || ||
|-
| scope="row" | Ageleos || || || || || || || || || || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Clymenus || || ✓ || ✓ || || || || || || || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Periphas || || ✓ || || || || || || || || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Gorge || || ✓ || ✓ || || || || || || ✓ || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Deianira || || ✓ || ✓ || || ✓ || || ✓ || || || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Meleager || || ✓ || ✓ || || ✓ || || ✓ || || || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Tydeus || || || || || || ✓ || || || ✓ ||
|-
| scope="row" | Melanippus or || || || || || || ✓ || || || ||
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| scope="row" | Olenias || || || || ✓ || || || || || ||
|-
| scope="row" | Mothone || || || || || || || || ✓ || ||
|-
| scope="row" | Perimede || || || || || || || || || ✓ ||
|-
| scope="row" | Eurymede || || || || || || || || || || ✓
|-
| scope="row" | Melanippe || || || || || || || || || || ✓
|}