Menestheus (mythology)
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Not to be confused with Menesthius or Mnestheus.
In Greek mythology, Menestheus (/mɪˈnɛsθiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Μενεσθεύς) may refer to the following people:
- Menestheus, an Athenian youth from Sounion who was sacrificed to the Minotaur.[1]
- Menestheus, a warrior in the army of the Seven against Thebes, participant of the disk-throwing competition at the funeral games of Opheltes.[2]
- Menestheus, king of Athens who participated in the siege of Troy.[3]
- Menestheus, son of Clytius and grandson of Aeolus, a companion of Aeneas.[4]
- Menestheus, son of Iphicrates who named his son after the legendary King of Athens during the Trojan War.[5]
- Menestheus, a Thespian who sacrificed himself using a spiked breastplate to slay a serpent.[6]