Toxeus (Son of Thestius)

Toxeus, a Pleuronian prince as the son of King Thestius and thus, brother of Althaea. He participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar but was angry that the prize of the boar's hide had been given to a woman (Atalanta) by his nephew Meleager, who then killed him in the ensuing argument.

Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.300 ff. & 441 ff.

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