Menetus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Menetus or Menetos (Ancient Greek: Μένετον) may refer to the following personages:
- Menetus or Menetes, father of Antianira who became the mother of the Argonauts Echion and Eurytus.[1]
- Menetos, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus.[2] When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of Sicily, the Cyclops Polyphemus seized and confined them. The monster then slain Menetus and five others namely: Antiphon, Euryleon, Apheidas, Cepheus and Stratios, while the remaining six survived.[3]
Notes
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.56
- ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4.
- ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4.
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.