Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology the name Toxeus (Τοξεύς) refers to:A son of Thestius brother of Althaea who participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. He 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.A son of Oineus and brother of Meleager (which makes him a nephew of the other Toxeus). He was killed by his father for overleaping the trench which had been dug around Calydon.