In Greek mythology, Oeneus was a king of Calydon. When Dionysus came to Calydon,
Oeneus allowed him to sleep with his wife, Althaea, which resulted in the conception of Deinaira. Dionysus repaid Oeneus with the gift of the knowledge of grape cultivation and wine making. For failing to include Artemis in his harvest sacrifices one year, the goddess sent a monstrous boar to ravage Calydon. The boar was eventually killed, but only after it had caused the death of two if
Oeneus' sons. His wife, Althaea angry at the death of her sons caused a row which resulted in Oeneus being killed, and then in her grief she killed herself, also. Research Oeneus
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