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]

^ 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.