Althaea | [al'thaya] mother of Meleager, whose life-span was determined by the preservation of a magic log; when Althaea burnt the log on a fire, Meleager died |
cate-log | [idiosyncratic pronunciation of] catalogue, inventory, register |
chronicle | register, log, put on record [as] |
Dun | horse's name [involving the lifting of a log ‘horse’ in a Christmas game called ‘drawing dun out of the mire’] |
Meleager | [pron: melee'ager] son of Althaea, his life-span determined by an unburnt magic log; he murdered his uncles in a quarrel over the killing of a boar ravaging the fields in Calydon; in her rage Althaea burnt Meleager’s log on a fire, and he died |
set | log, make note, put on record |