Thestius

Thestĭus, ii, m., = Θέστιος,

• a king of Aetolia, father of Leda and Althaea, 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 Althaea, id. F. 5, 305. —
  • B Thestĭas, ădis, f., the daughter of Thestius, i.e. Althaea, Ov. M. 8, 452; 8, 473; id. Tr. 1, 7, 18.

Thestius, iī, m. (Θέστιος), I) König in Ätolien, Vater der Leda und Althäa, des Plexippus u. Toxeus, Hyg. fab. 77. 155. 174. Ov. met. 8, 487. – Dav.: A) Thestiadēs, ae, m. (Θεστιάδης), ein Thestiade (= ein männl. Nachkomme des Thestius), Thestiadae duo, Plexippus u. Toxeus, Ov.: respice Thestiaden, Meleager, Sohn der Althäa, Ov. – B) Thestias, adis, f. (Θεστιάς). die Thestiade (= Tochter des Thestius), d.i. Althäa, Ov. – II) = Thespius, w.s.

Thestĭus, ĭī, m. , père de Léda, etc. : Ov. M. 8, 487 ; Hyg. Fab. 77.

The'stius

(Θέστιος), a son of Ares and Demonice or Androdice, and, according to others, a son of Agenor and a grandson of Pleuron, the king of Aetolia. He was the father of Iphiclus, Euippus, Plexippus, Eurypylus, Leda, Althaea, and Hypermnestra. His wife is not the same in all traditions, some calling her Lycippe or Laophonte, a daughter of Pleuron, and others Deidameia. (Apollod. 1.7. §§ 7, 9, 16, 3.10.5 ; Paus. 3.13.5; Hygin. Fab. 14 ; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.146, 201.) His daughters Leda and Althaea are sometimes designated by the patronymic Thestias (Eurip. Iph. Aul. 49 ; Aeschyl. Chocph. 606), and his son Iphiclus by the name Thestiades. (Apollon. Rhod. 1.261.) [L.S]

Thestius

(Θέστιος). The son of Ares and Demonicé or Androdicé, or, according to others, a son of Agenor and grandson of Pleuron, the king of Aetolia. He was the father of Iphiclus, Euippus, Plexippus, Eurypylus, Leda, Althaea, and Hypermnestra. The patronymic Thestiădes is given to his grandson Meleager, as well as to his sons; and the female patronymic Thestias to his daughter Althaea, the mother of Meleager.

Thestius Thestius, son of Agenor

• father of Leda: Paus. 3.13.8
• his fifty daughters violated by Herakles: Paus. 9.27.6ff.
• his daughters represented in relief on altar at Amyclae: Paus. 3.19.5

Thestius(2), son of Ares

• husband of Eurythemis: Apollod. 1.7.7
• his children by her: Apollod. 1.7.7
• his sons hunt the Calydonian boar: Apollod. 1.8.2
• and are killed by Meleager: Apollod. 1.8.2
• father of Iphiclus: Apollod. 1.9.17
• Tyndareus and Icarius flee to: Apollod. 3.10.5
• father of Leda: Apollod. 3.10.5