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* Menoetius, a second generation [[Titans|Titan]], son of [[Iapetus (mythology)|Iapetus]] and [[Clymene (mythology)|Clymene]] or [[Asia (mythology)|Asia]], and a brother of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]], [[Prometheus]] and [[Epimetheus (mythology)|Epimetheus]]. Menoetius was killed by [[Zeus]] with a flash of lightning in the [[Titanomachy]], and banished to [[Tartarus]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:507-544 507&ndash;516]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.2.3 1.2.3]; [[Scholia]] to [[Aeschylus]]' ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'' 347</ref> His name means "doomed might," deriving from the Ancient Greek words ''menos'' ("might, power") and ''oitos'' ("doom, pain"). Hesiod described Menoetius as [[hubris|hubristic]], meaning exceedingly prideful and impetuous to the very end. From what his name suggests, along with Hesiod's own account, Menoetius was perhaps the Titan god of violent anger and rash action.<ref name="Smiley">{{cite journal | title=Hesiod as an Ethical and Religious Teacher | author=Smiley, Charles N | journal=The Classical Journal | year=1922 | volume=1922 | pages=514}}</ref>
* Menoetius, a second generation [[Titans|Titan]], son of [[Iapetus (mythology)|Iapetus]] and [[Clymene (mythology)|Clymene]] or [[Asia (mythology)|Asia]], and a brother of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]], [[Prometheus]] and [[Epimetheus (mythology)|Epimetheus]]. Menoetius was killed by [[Zeus]] with a flash of lightning in the [[Titanomachy]], and banished to [[Tartarus]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-eng1:507-544 507&ndash;516]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.2.3 1.2.3]; [[Scholia]] to [[Aeschylus]]' ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'' 347</ref> His name means "doomed might," deriving from the Ancient Greek words ''menos'' ("might, power") and ''oitos'' ("doom, pain"). Hesiod described Menoetius as [[hubris|hubristic]], meaning exceedingly prideful and impetuous to the very end. From what his name suggests, along with Hesiod's own account, Menoetius was perhaps the Titan god of violent anger and rash action.<ref name="Smiley">{{cite journal | title=Hesiod as an Ethical and Religious Teacher | author=Smiley, Charles N | journal=The Classical Journal | year=1922 | volume=1922 | pages=514}}</ref>
* Menoetes, guard of the cattle of Hades. During [[Heracles]] twelfth labor, which required him to steal the hound [[Cerberus]] from the Underworld, he slays one of Hades' cattle. A certain Menoetes, son of [[Keuthonymos]], challenges Heracles to a wrestling match, during which Heracles hugs him and breaks his ribs before [[Persephone]] intervenes.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.5.10 2.5.10.].</ref>
* Menoetes, guard of the cattle of Hades. During [[Heracles]] twelfth labor, which required him to steal the hound [[Cerberus]] from the Underworld, he slays one of Hades' cattle. A certain Menoetes, son of [[Keuthonymos]], challenges Heracles to a wrestling match, during which Heracles hugs him and breaks his ribs before [[Persephone]] intervenes.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.5.10 2.5.10.].</ref>
* Menoetius from [[Opuntian Locris|Opus]] was one of the [[Argonauts]], and son of [[Actor (mythology)|Actor]]<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:11.780-11.821 11.785], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:16.1-16.45 16.14].</ref> and [[Aegina (mythology)|Aegina]]. He was the father of [[Patroclus]] and [[Myrto (mythology)|Myrto]]<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Aristides'' 20.6</ref> by either [[Damocrateia]],<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' 9 & 107</ref> [[Sthenele]],<ref>Scholia on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 1.46; on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 16.14</ref> [[Philomela (mother of Patroclus)|Philomela]]<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on Homer, p. 1498; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Allegories of the Iliad'' Prologue 525; Scholia on Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' 4.343 and 17.134; [[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 97</ref> or [[Polymele]], or [[Periopis]]<ref>[[Apollodorus of Athens|Apollodorus]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' 3.13.8 mentions the three possible mothers of Patroclus: (1) Polymele, daughter of Peleus (according to [[Philocrates]]), (2) Sthenele, daughter of [[Acastus]] and lastly (3) Periopis, daughter of [[Pheres (mythology)|Pheres]]</ref>. Among the settlers of Locris, Menoetius was chiefly honored by King [[Opus (mythology)|Opus II]], son of Zeus and [[Protogeneia]].<ref>[[Pindar]], ''[[Pindar's First Olympian Ode|Olympian Odes]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Pind.+O.+9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162:chapter=9&highlight=Opus 9.65 ff]</ref>
* Menoetius from [[Opuntian Locris|Opus]] was one of the [[Argonauts]], and son of [[Actor (mythology)|Actor]]<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:11.780-11.821 11.785], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-eng1:16.1-16.45 16.14].</ref> and [[Aegina (mythology)|Aegina]]. He was the father of [[Patroclus]] and [[Myrto (mythology)|Myrto]]<ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Aristides'' 20.6</ref> by either [[Damocrateia]],<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Pindar]], ''Olympian Ode'' 9 & 107</ref> [[Sthenele]],<ref>Scholia on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' 1.46; on [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 16.14</ref> [[Philomela (mother of Patroclus)|Philomela]]<ref>[[Eustathius of Thessalonica|Eustathius]] on Homer, p. 1498; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Allegories of the Iliad'' Prologue 525; Scholia on Homer, ''[[Odyssey]]'' 4.343 and 17.134; [[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 97</ref> or [[Polymele]], or [[Periopis]].<ref>[[Apollodorus of Athens|Apollodorus]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' 3.13.8 mentions the three possible mothers of Patroclus: (1) Polymele, daughter of Peleus (according to [[Philocrates]]), (2) Sthenele, daughter of [[Acastus]] and lastly (3) Periopis, daughter of [[Pheres (mythology)|Pheres]]</ref> Among the settlers of Locris, Menoetius was chiefly honored by King [[Opus (mythology)|Opus II]], son of Zeus and [[Protogeneia]].<ref>[[Pindar]], ''[[Pindar's First Olympian Ode|Olympian Odes]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Pind.+O.+9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0162:chapter=9&highlight=Opus 9.65 ff]</ref>


==See also==
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Menoetius or Menoetes (/məˈnʃiəs/; Greek: Μενοίτιος, Μενοίτης Menoitios), meaning doomed might, is a name that refers to three distinct beings from Greek mythology:

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Notes

  1. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 507–516; Apollodorus, 1.2.3; Scholia to Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound 347
  2. ^ Smiley, Charles N (1922). "Hesiod as an Ethical and Religious Teacher". The Classical Journal. 1922: 514.
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 2.5.10..
  4. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.785, 16.14.
  5. ^ Plutarch, Aristides 20.6
  6. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 9 & 107
  7. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.46; on Homer, Iliad 16.14
  8. ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 1498; Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 525; Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.343 and 17.134; Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  9. ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.13.8 mentions the three possible mothers of Patroclus: (1) Polymele, daughter of Peleus (according to Philocrates), (2) Sthenele, daughter of Acastus and lastly (3) Periopis, daughter of Pheres
  10. ^ Pindar, Olympian Odes 9.65 ff

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