Menestheus
Menesthes
A Suitor of Helen and a combatant in the Trojan War.
Genealogy
Groups
Events
- The Dioscuri give Menestheus the kingdom of Athens
- Menestheus drives Theseus away from Athens
- Greek kings compete to marry Helen
- Menestheus and the Athenians send ships to Troy
- Agamemnon criticizes Odysseus, Menestheus, the Athenians, and the Cephallenians for holding back from battle
- Menestheus sends his messenger, Thoötes, to enlist Ajax’s and Teucer’s help against Sarpedon and Glaucus
- Stichius and Menestheus take the body of Amphimachus back to the Achaean host
- Menetheus sets sail for Troy
Citations
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.8
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.23
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 1.24
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.11
- Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.15b
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 550
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 4, Section 326
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 607
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Section 329
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Section 351
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Section 370
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 169
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 673
- Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 328
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 1.2
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 3.3
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 17.5
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 17.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 23.8
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 25.6
- Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 18.5
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