In Greek mythology, Megapenthes (Ancient Greek: Μεγαπένθης), the illegitimate son of Menelaus, king of Mycenaean Sparta, by a slave. He married Alector's...
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Menelaus had only one child by Helen, a daughter Hermione, and an illegitimate son Megapenthes by a female slave. Other sources mention other sons of...
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mythology, Megapenthes (/ˌmɛɡəˈpɛnˌθiːz/; Ancient Greek: Μεγαπένθης Megapénthēs means "great sorrow") is a name that refers to two characters: Megapenthes, a...
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Alector (category Kings of Argos)
Melanion and Boethoos. Alector was the father of Iphiloche (or Echemela), who married Megapenthes, son of Menelaus. Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alector (1) and...
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Nicostratus (mythology) (category Children of Helen of Troy)
spear-famed Menelaus, and last of all she bore Nicostratus, scion of Ares". However, according to the geographer Pausanias, Nicostratus, and Megapenthes were...
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first day of fighting in the Iliad. Nicostratus was a son of Menelaus by his concubine Pieris, an Aetolian slave. Megapenthes was a son of Menelaus by his...
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In Greek mythology, Tereis was one of the names given for the slave who was the mother, by Menelaus, of Megapenthes. According to R. L. Fowler, the name...
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Megalostrata (poet) Megapenthes Megapenthes (son of Menelaus) Megapenthes (son of Proetus) Megara Megareus of Onchestus Megareus of Thebes Megarian decree Megarian...
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Polyxo (category Children of Atlas)
received Helen after the latter had been driven out of Sparta by Megapenthes and Nicostratus (Menelaus, Helen's husband, was already dead by the time). Still...
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Odyssey, and the geographer Pausanias, mention that Megapenthes was the illegitimate son of Menelaus, king of Mycenaean Sparta, by a slave, without naming her...
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