Thestius
(
Θέστιος). The son of Ares and Demonicé or
Androdicé, or, according to others, a son of Agenor and
grandson of Pleuron, the king of Aetolia. He was the father of Iphiclus, Euippus, Plexippus,
Eurypylus, Leda, Althaea, and Hypermnestra. The patronymic Thestiădes is given to his grandson Meleager, as well as to his sons; and
the female patronymic Thestias to his daughter Althaea, the mother
of Meleager.