HomeServicesBlogDictionariesContactSpanish Course
← Back to search

Meaning of Œneus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈɛnˌjuːs/

Definitions

King of Calydon; husband of Althaea.

Greek

Examples

“For they ſay, that Œneus who reigned in Ætolia, being driven from his kingdom by the ſons of Agrius, fled to Diomed at Argos; and that Diomed led an army into Calydonia, and revenged the injuries of Œneus, but told him, that he could not remain in his dominions.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

Learn this word in context

See Œneus used in real conversations inside our free language course.

Start Free Course