- This article is about the Titan. For the Argonaut and father of Patroclus, see Menoetius_(Argonaut).
Menoetius or Menoetes (Greek: Μενοίτιος, Μενοίτης ) was the Greek Titan god of rashness and violent rage, who resided in Erebus.
Etymology[]
The name means "doomed might" originating from the Ancient Greek words menos ("might, power") and oitos ("doom, pain").
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 |