What is Oeneus?
[[File:Oineus Staatliche Antikensammlungen 1905.jpg|thumb|Oeneus with coat and [[sceptre]], Attic white-ground lekythos, c. 500 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 1905)]] In [[Greek mythology]], '''Oeneus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Οἰνεύς, ''Oineús'') was a king of [[Calydon]] in [[Aetolia]]. He introduced the art of [[winemaking]] to the region. He learned it from the god [[Dionysus]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Oeneus {{!}} Greek mythology|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Oeneus|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> ==Family== Oeneus was the son of [[Porthaon]] and [[Euryte]]. He was the husband of [[Althaea]]. Their children were [[Deianeira]] (the third wife of [[Herakles]]), [[Meleager]], [[Toxeus]], [[Clymenus]], Periphas, Agelaus, [[Thyreus]] (or Phereus) [[Gorge]], [[Eurymede]], Mothone, [[Perimede]] and [[Melanippe]]. Oeneus was also the father of [[Tydeus]] by [[Periboea]]. == References == {{Reflist}}{{History-stub}} [[Category:People in Greek mythology]]