Menoetius or Menoetes (/məˈniːʃiəs/;
Greek: Μενοίτιος, ΜενοίτηςMenoitios), meaning doomed might, is a name that refers to three distinct beings from
Greek mythology:
Menoetius, a second generation
Titan, son of
Iapetus and
Clymene or
Asia, and a brother of
Atlas,
Prometheus and
Epimetheus. Menoetius was killed by
Zeus with a flash of lightning in the
Titanomachy, and banished to
Tartarus.[1] His name means "doomed might", deriving from the Ancient Greek words menos ("might, power") and oitos ("doom, pain"). Hesiod described Menoetius as
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.[2]
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.[3]
^Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 33, Prologue 430, pp. 41, Prologue 525.
ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
^Apollodorus, 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
Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
ISBN978-0-674-96785-4
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.
Menoetius or Menoetes (/məˈniːʃiəs/;
Greek: Μενοίτιος, ΜενοίτηςMenoitios), meaning doomed might, is a name that refers to three distinct beings from
Greek mythology:
Menoetius, a second generation
Titan, son of
Iapetus and
Clymene or
Asia, and a brother of
Atlas,
Prometheus and
Epimetheus. Menoetius was killed by
Zeus with a flash of lightning in the
Titanomachy, and banished to
Tartarus.[1] His name means "doomed might", deriving from the Ancient Greek words menos ("might, power") and oitos ("doom, pain"). Hesiod described Menoetius as
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.[2]
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.[3]
^Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 33, Prologue 430, pp. 41, Prologue 525.
ISBN978-0-674-96785-4.
^Apollodorus, 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
Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
ISBN978-0-674-96785-4
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.