Menestheus (son of Peteos)
Menestheus ( ancient Greek Μενεσθεύς Menestheús ), the son of Peteos and, through his father Orneus, a great-grandson of Erechtheus , was the mythical king of Attica . With the help of the Dioscuri he came to the throne of Attica when Theseus and Peirithoos were in the underworld ( Hades ).
Menestheus was a suitor to Helen . That is why he took part in the Trojan War with 50 ships . Together with Odysseus and Talthybios , he persuaded King Kinyras of Cyprus to take part in the war. Menestheus was also one of the forty warriors in the Trojan Horse . Pausanias reported of a bronze in the sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia on the Acropolis of Athens , which Menestheus showed when getting out of the horse. After winning the war, he sailed to Mimas and came to Melos , where he became king, since King Polyanax had just died.
After the death of Menestheus, Demophon , a descendant of Theseus , became king of Attica.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Menestheus 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 2792 ( digitized version ).
- Johannes Schmidt : Menestheus 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XV, 1, Stuttgart 1931, Col. 850-852.
Remarks
- ^ Pausanias , Travels in Greece 2.25.6.
- ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 4:23.
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3,130.
- ↑ Homer , Iliad 2,546-556.
- ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 6:11.
- ^ Pausanias, Travels in Greece 1,23,8.
- ↑ Bibliotheke of Apollodor 9,15b.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Theseus | King of Attica | Demophone |