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]

• 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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