Oeneus

American  

[ee-nee-uhs, -nyoos] / ˈi ni əs, -njus /

noun

Classical Mythology.

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

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Oeneus

Leros in ancient days was the place where the daughters of Oeneus, turned into guinea hens, wailed for their brother Meleager.

From Time Magazine Archive

Finally Oeneus called for help upon the bravest men of Greece, and a splendid band of young heroes assembled, many of whom sailed later on the Argo.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

For Oeneus, king of Calydon, had neglected the temples of Diana, and she had sent a monstrous boar to lay waste all the fields and farms in the country.

From Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew by Peabody, Josephine Preston

For when Oeneus, the king of the country, was making sacrifice to the gods in thanksgiving for a bounteous harvest, he had neglected to make sacrifice to the goddess of the wild things, Artemis.

From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic

The third was the knight Oeneus, my father's father, and he was the most valiant of them all.

From The Iliad by Homer