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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Menetus''' or '''Menetos''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Μένετον) may refer to the following personages: |
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Menetus''' or '''Menetos''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Μένετον) may refer to the following personages: |
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* Menetus or Menetes |
* Menetus or Menetes father of [[Antianeira (daughter of Menetes)|Antianira]] who became the mother of the [[Argonauts]] [[Echion]] and [[Eurytus]].<ref>[[Apollonius of Rhodes]], 1.56</ref> |
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* Menetos, one of the comrades of the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Greek]] hero [[Odysseus]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]|title=Allegories of the Odyssey|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2019|isbn=978-0-674-23837-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=141, 9.139|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam J.|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of [[Sicily]], the [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]] [[Polyphemus]] seized and confined them. The monster then slain Menetus and five others namely: [[Antiphon (mythology)|Antiphon]], [[Euryleon (mythology)|Euryleon]], [[Apheidas]], [[Cepheus (mythology)|Cepheus]] and [[Stratius|Stratios]], while the remaining six survived.<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]|title=Allegories of the Odyssey|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2019|isbn=978-0-674-23837-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=141, 9.135–140|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam J.|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> |
* Menetos, one of the comrades of the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Greek]] hero [[Odysseus]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]|title=Allegories of the Odyssey|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2019|isbn=978-0-674-23837-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=141, 9.139|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam J.|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of [[Sicily]], the [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]] [[Polyphemus]] seized and confined them. The monster then slain Menetus and five others namely: [[Antiphon (mythology)|Antiphon]], [[Euryleon (mythology)|Euryleon]], [[Apheidas]], [[Cepheus (mythology)|Cepheus]] and [[Stratius|Stratios]], while the remaining six survived.<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]|title=Allegories of the Odyssey|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2019|isbn=978-0-674-23837-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=141, 9.135–140|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam J.|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> |
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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
[edit]- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.56
- ^ Tzetzes, John (2019). Allegories of the Odyssey. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam J.; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 141, 9.139. ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4.
- ^ Tzetzes, John (2019). Allegories of the Odyssey. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam J.; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 141, 9.135–140. ISBN 978-0-674-23837-4.
References
[edit]- 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.
- Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Odyssey translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4
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