Sthe'nelus
6. A son of Capaneus and Evadue. belonged to the family of the Anaxagoridae in Argos. and was the father of Cylarabes (Hom
Il. 5.109;
Paus. 2.18.4,
22.8,
30. in fin.); but, according to others, his son's name was Comeres. (Tzetz.
ad Lycoph. 603, 1093 ; Serv. ad Aen. 11.269.)
He was one of the Epigoni, by whom Thebes was taken (
Hom. Il. 4.405;
Apollod. 3.7.2), and commanded the Argives under Diomedes, in the Trojan war, being the faithful friend and companion of Diomedes. (
Hom. Il. 2.564,
4.367,
23.511; Philostr.
Her. 4 ; Hygin.
Fab. 175.) He was one of the Greeks concealed in the wooden horse (Hygin.
Fab. 108), and at the distribution of the booty, he was said to have received an image of a three-eyed Zeus, which was in aftertimes shown at Argos. (
Paus. 2.45.5,
8.46.2.) His own statue and tomb also were believed to exist at Argos. (2.20.4, 22. in fin.; comp.
Hor. Carm. 1.15. 23, 4.9. 20; Stat.
Achill. 1.469.)
