Oeneus

[ ee-nee-uhs, -nyoos ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.

Example Sentences

Oeneus remained in his own country, but my father (as Jove and the other gods ordained it) migrated to Argos.

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"We must have forgotten somebody when we gave thanks last year," said King OEneus.

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Deianira (Deiani′ra), daughter of Oeneus, was wife of Hercules.

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For nine days the heroes and huntsmen feasted in the halls of King OEneus, and early on the tenth they set out for the forest.

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"Perhaps you would rather stay with the queen, and look at the women spin and weave," said OEneus.

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