Ménœtios wire of Actor

See also: Ménœtios

In the Greek Mythology, Ménœtios (in Greek old Μενοίτιος / Menoítios ), wire of Actor and, according to Pindare, of the nymph Égine, is a Locrien of Oponte.

Counted among the Argonautes, he is the father of Patrocle (the identity of the mother is prone to guarantee: the Pseudo-Apollodore (III, 13,8) advances the names of Sthénélé, Polymèle and Périopis; Hygin (XCVII) quotes Philomèle).

Patrocle killing Clysonyme, a playmate, in his young age, Ménœtios is constrained to be exiled with his/her son. It finds refuge at Pélée, in Phthie, where Patrocle binds with Achille.

It is briefly evoked in Iliade where the councils are reported which it gives to his son before the departure for Troy (XI, 786-789):

“Achilles, by the race, is above you, my son;
But it is your junior, even if it is higher to you,
With you to speak to him with wisdom, of the instruire
And to direct it: he will see well what he gains there. ”
(transl. Frederic Mugler)

Sources

(III, 10,9; III, 13,8).
(I, 69).
(IV, 38).
(XI, 765 and suiv.).
(XIV; XCVII; CCLVII).
( Olympic , IX).
(VI, 343).

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