OENEUS

in Greek legend, king of Calydon, husband of Althaea, and father of Meleagerthe leader of the Calydonian boar hunt. He was also independently connected with the Greek hero Heracles as the father of Heracles' bride Deianeira, whom he won from the river god Achelous. Oeneus may have been originally a wine god; his name is derived from the Greek word for wine. According to one story, Dionysus, the great god of wine, was the real father of Deianeira.