Menoetius or Menoetes (Greek: Μενοίτιος, Μενοίτης ) is a name that means "doomed might" originating from the Ancient Greek words menos ("might, power") and oitos ("doom, pain"). He was the Greek Titan god of rashness and violent rage, who resided in Erebus.
In mythology[]
Menoetius was killed by Zeus on Mount Triphyle with a flash of lightning in the War of the Titans, and banished to Tartarus.
Hesiod described Menoetius as hubristic, meaning exceedingly prideful and impetuous to the very end. From what his name suggests, along with Hesiod's own account, Menoetius was perhaps the Titan god of violent anger and rash action.
Family[]
He was a second generation Titan, son of Iapetus and Clymene or Asia, and a brother of Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus.
| Titans | |
|---|---|
| Parents | Ouranós • Gaîa |
| Elder Titans | Coeus • Crius • Cronus • Hyperion • Iapetus • Oceanus |
| Elder Titanesses | Dione • Mnemosyne • Phoebe • Theia • Rhea • Themis • Tethys |
| Coeonides | Asteria • Leto |
| Crionides | Astraeus • Pallas • Perses |
| Hyperionides | Eos • Hḗlios • Selene |
| Iapetonides | Atlas • Epimetheus • Menoetius • Prometheus |
| Oceanides | Potamoi • Rhode • Styx |
| Others | Anemoi • Astra Planeta • Kratos • Eurynome • Hecate • Lelantos • Melisseus • Metis • Nike • Ophion |
| Topics | Overthrowing of Ouranós • Titanomachy |
Guardian of Hades' Cattle[]
Menoetius, guard of the cattle of Hades. During Heracles twelfth labor, which required him to steal the hound Cerberus from the Underworld, he slays one of Hades cattle. This Menoetius might be the same as the son of Keuthonymos, who challenges Heracles to a wrestling match during which Heracles hugs him and breaks his ribs before Persephone intervenes.
One of the Argonauts[]
Menoetius, one of the Argonauts. He was the father of Patroclus and Myrto (by either Sthenele, Periopis or Polymele), son of Actor and Aegina.