Althea

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Althea is an English female personal name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea, which may be related to Greek ἀλθος althos ("healing").

Richard Lovelace used the name in a poem ("To Althea, From Prison") that John Milton later alluded to in Lycidas.^[1]

Notable people

• Althea Flynt (1953–1987), fourth wife of Larry Flynt.
• Althea Gibson, an American female athlete.
• Althea Forrest, one half of Althea & Donna.

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