Maenalus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Maenalus (Ancient Greek: Μαίναλον or Μαίναλος Mainalos) was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon^[1] either by the naiad Cyllene,^[2] Nonacris^[3] or by unknown woman. He was the founder of Maenalus which was the most famous of the cities of Arcadia in ancient times.^[4]

Mythology

Mainalos and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Maenalus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.^[5]