Thestĭus, ii, m., = Θέστιος,
I a king of Aetolia , father of Leda and Althaea , and of Plexippus and Toxeus , Ov. M. 8, 487; Hyg. Fab. 77; 155; 174.—Hence,
A Thestĭă-des , ae, m., a (male) descendant of Thestius : duo, i. e. Plexippus and Toxeus , Ov. M. 8, 304 and 434: respice Thestiaden, i. e. Meleager , son of Althaea , id. F. 5, 305. —
B Thestĭas , ădis, f., the daughter of Thestius , i. e. Althaea , Ov. M. 8, 452; 8, 473; id. Tr. 1, 7, 18.