Menetus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Menetus or Menetos (Ancient Greek: Μένετον) may refer to the following personages:

• Menetus or Menetes father of Antianira who became the mother of the Argonauts Echion and Eurytus.^[1]
• Menetos, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus.^[2] When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of Sicily, the Cyclops Polyphemus seized and confined them. The monster then slain Menetus and five others namely: Antiphon, Euryleon, Apheidas, Cepheus and Stratios, while the remaining six survived.^[3]