15 examples of oeneus in sentences

This was that fruitful region formerly called Paracheloitis, which, according to classic allegory, was drained or torn from the river Achelous, by the perseverance of Hercules and presented by him for a nuptial present to the daughter of Oeneus.

Oeneus reigned in Aetolia, and because he did not sacrifice to Diana with his other gods (see more in Labanius his Diana), she sent a wild boar, insolitae magnitudinis, qui terras et homines misere depascebatur, to spoil both men and country, which was afterwards killed by Meleager.

Artemis, to punish Oeneus [E´.nuce] king of Cal´ydon, in Aeto´lia, for neglect, sent a monster boar to ravage his vineyards.

The king of Calydon was named OEneus, and he dwelt in a white palace with his wife Althea and his boys and girls.

The two daughters of OEneus and Althea were famed all over the world for their beauty; and one of them was the wife of the hero Hercules, who had freed Prometheus from his chains, and done many other mighty deeds.

The six sons of OEneus and Althea were noble, handsome fellows; but the noblest and handsomest of them all was Meleager, the youngest.

He did many daring deeds and, with other heroes, went on a famous voyage across the seas in search of a marvelous fleece of gold; and when he returned to Calydon the people declared that he was the worthiest of the sons of OEneus to become their king.

"I will tell you what to do," said King OEneus.

And when everything was ready, King OEneus gave the word, and fire was touched to the grass and the twigs upon the altars; and the grapes and the wheat that had been laid there were burned up.

"I tell you," said old King OEneus, looking over his fields and his vineyards, "it pays to give thanks.

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

When the day came which King OEneus had set, there was a wonderful gathering of men at Calydon.

"My daughters are having a game of ball in the garden," said old King OEneus.

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

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.

15 examples of  oeneus  in sentences