Menoe'tius
3. A son of Actor and Aegina, a step-brother of Aeacus, and husband of Polymele, by whom he became the father of Patroclus.
He resided at Opus, and took part in the expedition of the Argonauts (
Hom. Il. 11.785,
16.14,
18.326). Some accounts call his mother Damocrateia, and a daughter of Aegina; and instead of Polymele they call his wife Sthenele or Periapis (
Apollod. 3.13.8; Schol.
ad Pind. Ol. 9.107; Strab. p. 425; comp.
V. Fl. 1.407;
Eustath. ad Hom. p. 112). When Patroclus, during a game, had slain the son of Amphidamas, Menoetius fled with him to Peleus in Phthia, and had him educated there (
Hom. Il. 11.770,
23.85, &c.; Schol.
ad Pind. Ol. 9.104). Menoetius was a friend of Heracles. (
Diod. 4.39.)
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