Menestheus was an Athenian king in Greek mythology. He was the son of Peteus, grandson of Orneus and great-grandson of King Erectheus. He was installed as King of Athens by Castor and Pollux while Theseus (Menestheus' third cousin) was in the Underworld. Menestheus led the Athenians during the Trojan War and was succeeded as king by Demophon, son of Theseus.
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| - Menestheus was an Athenian king in Greek mythology. He was the son of Peteus, grandson of Orneus and great-grandson of King Erectheus. He was installed as King of Athens by Castor and Pollux while Theseus (Menestheus' third cousin) was in the Underworld. Menestheus led the Athenians during the Trojan War and was succeeded as king by Demophon, son of Theseus.
- Menestheus was one of the suitors of Helen of Troy, and when the Trojan War started he brought "fifty black ships" to Troy. In the Iliad it is noted that no one could arrange chariots and shield-bearing warriors in battle orders better than Menestheus, and that only Nestor could vie with him in that respect. Yet further he is characterized as not valiant. When Agamemnon was reviewing his troops he found Menestheus in the back rows seemingly avoiding action. Later when Sarpedon attacked the portion of the Greek wall that he was in charge of, Menestheus shivered and had to call on Telamonian Aias and Teucer for aid. Menestheus was one of the warriors in the Trojan Horse. After Troy was sacked, he sailed to Mimas, then to Melos where he became king.
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| - Menestheus was an Athenian king in Greek mythology. He was the son of Peteus, grandson of Orneus and great-grandson of King Erectheus. He was installed as King of Athens by Castor and Pollux while Theseus (Menestheus' third cousin) was in the Underworld. Menestheus led the Athenians during the Trojan War and was succeeded as king by Demophon, son of Theseus.
- Menestheus was one of the suitors of Helen of Troy, and when the Trojan War started he brought "fifty black ships" to Troy. In the Iliad it is noted that no one could arrange chariots and shield-bearing warriors in battle orders better than Menestheus, and that only Nestor could vie with him in that respect. Yet further he is characterized as not valiant. When Agamemnon was reviewing his troops he found Menestheus in the back rows seemingly avoiding action. Later when Sarpedon attacked the portion of the Greek wall that he was in charge of, Menestheus shivered and had to call on Telamonian Aias and Teucer for aid. Menestheus was one of the warriors in the Trojan Horse. After Troy was sacked, he sailed to Mimas, then to Melos where he became king. When Menestheus died, Athens passed back to the family of Theseus. The name Menestheus may also refer to:
* Menestheus, son of Clytius and grandson of Aeolus, a companion of Aeneas
* Menestheus, an Athenian youth who was sacrificed to the Minotaur
* Menestheus, a warrior in the army of the Seven Against Thebes, participant of the disk-trowing competition at the funeral games of Opheltes
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