Althaea:

(Gr.&Rom.myth.) mother of Meleager,prince of Calydon. She was told that her new-bornson Meleager would live as long as a brand placed bythe Fates on the fire was unburnt. So she took thebrand out of the fire to prolong her son's life. Butyears later,when he had killed her brothers,shecaused his death by throwing it back into the fire. 阿尔细亚，希腊神话中卡里顿王子墨勒格尔之母。命运注定：墨勒格尔诞生时炉中的一根木棍一旦烧完，他即死亡。阿尔细亚将木棍抽出保存。多年以后，墨勒格尔杀死阿尔细亚的兄弟，她一怒把木棍投入火中，其子乃死。
△2H.VI.1.1.235(234):“As did thefatal brand Althaea burnt/Unto the Prince's heart ofCalydon.”就像阿尔细亚所拿的那根要命的木棍对于卡里顿王子心脏的关系一样。
Althaea's dream: i.e. firebrand,a confusion with thedream of Hecuba,wife of Priam,king of Troy inGreek mythology. Hecuba,when pregnant with Par-is,dreamed that she was delivered of a firebrand thatburned down Troy (i.e. Paris). 阿尔细亚的梦，（指）火把。
△2H.IV.2.2.95(87):“Away,you rascally Althaea'sdream,away!”滚，你这下流的阿尔细亚的梦，滚！