Menestho (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Menestho (Ancient Greek: Μενεσθώ, romanized: Menesthô) can refer to:
- Menestho, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.[1][2]
- Menestho, one of the Athenian sacrificial victims of the Minotaur according to one vase.[3]
Notes
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 357
- ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 231. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^ Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum 4.8185 (painting on François Vase)
References
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.