- This article is about the guard of the cattle of Hades. For the Titan, see Menoetius.
- This article is about the guard of the cattle of Hades. For the Argonaut, see Menoetius (Argonaut).
Menoetius or Menoetes (Ancient Greek: Μενοίτιος or Μενοίτης, Menoitios, meaning doomed might) is a daemon that guards the cattle of Hades.
Mythology[]
He is the 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.
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| Chthonic deities in Greek mythology | |
|---|---|
| Theoi Chthonioi | Angelos • Gaia • Hades • Hecate • The Lampades • Macaria • Melinoë • Persephone • Zagreus |
| Erinyes (Furies) | Alecto • Megaera • Tisiphone |
| Autochthon (Earthborn) | Cyclopes • Gigantes • Hecatoncheires • Kouretes • Meliae • Telchines • Typhon |
| Apotheothenai | Aeacus • Amphiarus • Minos • Rhadamanthys • Trophonius • Triptolemus • Orpheus |
| Geographic deities | Acheron • Alpheus • Eridanos • Erebus • Kokytos • Lethe • Mnemosyne • Phlegethon • Styx • Tartarus |
| Other deities | Ascalaphus • Charon • Cerberus • Keuthonymos • Menoetes • Nyx • Thanatos |