Althæ´a

daughter of Thestius and Eurythemis, married Œneus, king of Calydon, by whom she had many children, amongst them being Meleager. When he was born the Parcæ put a log of wood on the fire, saying, as long as it was preserved the life of the child would be prolonged. The mother took the wood from the flames and preserved it, but when Meleager killed his two uncles, Althæa, to revenge them, threw the log in the fire, and when it was burnt Meleager expired. Althæa then killed herself. Amaryl´lis. The name of a countrywoman in Virgil’s Eclogues. Some commentators have supposed that the poet spoke of Rome under this fictitious name.