Menesthius

Menesthius

In Greek mythology, the name Menesthius may refer to:

References

  1. ^ Homer, Iliad, 16. 173 ff
  2. ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 13. 4
  3. ^ Homer, Iliad, 7. 8 - 10
  4. ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, fragment 218 (fr. 27 in the Loeb edition, 1914) = Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 7. 9

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