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Thestius

Thestius · m

a king of Ætolia

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Where it lives

Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

Thestĭus — Lewis & Short

Thestĭus, ii, m., = *qe/stios,

I a king of Ætolia, father of Leda and Althæa, and of Plexippus and Toxeus, Ov. M. 8, 487; Hyg. Fab. 77; 155; 174.—Hence,

A Thestĭă-des, ae, m., a (male) descendant of Thestius: duo, i. e. Plexippus and Toxeus, Ov. M. 8, 304 and 434: respice Thestiaden, i. e. Meleager, son of Althæa, id. F. 5, 305. —

B Thestĭas, ădis, f., the daughter of Thestius, i. e. Althæa, Ov. M. 8, 452; 8, 473; id. Tr. 1, 7, 18.

In the wild

Thestius Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.487

Where it came from

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