Oeneus
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Oineus (ancient Greek Οἰνεύς Oineús, Latin Oeneus), son of Porthaon, was in Greek mythology king of Pleuron and Calydon in Aetolia, who is said to have first planted the mountains of Aetolia with vines. He was married to Althaia, with whom he had three children: Tydeus, Deianeira and Meleagros. The son Tydeus is attributed by some sources to Oineus' second wife Periboia.
Once he had forgotten to sacrifice to Artemis, and so she sent a mighty boar which ravaged the land, whereupon the so-called Calydonian hunt was organized. According to a later legend, the sons of his brother Agrios robbed him of his throne and his freedom. His grandson Diomedes, son of Tydeus, slew Agrios and his sons for it, gave the throne of Oineus to his son-in-law Andraimon and took Oineus with him to Argos.
Oineus with cloak and sceptre, white-ground Attic lekythos, c. 500 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 1905)
