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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 764 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ALTHAEA , in classical See also:

LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, daughter of Thestius, See also:

king of See also:

AETOLIA

Aetolia, wife of Oeneus, king of See also:

CALYDON (Kaw&iav)

Calydon, and See also:

MOTHER

mother of See also:

MELEAGER (Gk. M€X aypos)

Meleager (q.v.) .

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