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Oeneus

[ ee-nee-uhs, -nyoos ]

noun

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


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Example Sentences

Meleager was the son of Œneus and Althea, king and queen of Calydon.

And Telamon and the sons of Tyndarus, and Meleager the son36 of Œneus, said that they would follow him.

Outside the gates of the royal palace he encountered Tydeus, the son of Œneus, king of Calydon.

Diana sent a boar to ravage the country of Calydon, for the King Œneus neglecting her divinity.

With great swinging strides she came and stood over Œneus as he slept.

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