Menestheus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Menestheus (/mɪˈnɛsθiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Μενεσθεύς) may refer to the following people:

• Menestheus, an Athenian youth from Sounion who was sacrificed to the Minotaur.
• Menestheus, a warrior in the army of the Seven against Thebes, participant of the disk-throwing competition at the funeral games of Opheltes.
• Menestheus, king of Athens who participated in the siege of Troy.
• Menestheus, son of Clytius and grandson of Aeolus, a companion of Aeneas.
• Menestheus, son of Iphicrates who named his son after the legendary King of Athens during the Trojan War.
• Menestheus, a Thespian who sacrificed himself using a spiked breastplate to slay a serpent.