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[[Menoitios]] (or Menoetius) (Μενοιτιος), was the Titan god (perhaps) of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality.
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Menoitios was the titan god of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality. Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt and sent him to Erebos (the Underworld) as punishment for his hybristic behavior.
   
 
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[[Iapetos]] & [[Klymene]].
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[[Iapetos]] & [[Klymene-Asie]]
   
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[[Atlas]]<br />[[Prometheus]]<br />[[Epimetheus]]<br />[[Ankhiale]]
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==Ancient Text==
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"The Titanes had children . . . Atlas who holds the sky on his shoulders, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoitios whom Zeus struck with a thunderbolt in the Titane battle and confined to Tartaros, were all sons of Iapetos and Asia."<br />- ''Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 8 (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.)''
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==Trivia==
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*Menoitios was also the name of one of the Argonauts
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*Menoitios was also the name of the Herdsman of Hades
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Latest revision as of 17:30, 12 December 2018

Menoetius

Menoitios depicted throwing a stone

Menoitios was the titan god of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality. Zeus struck him down with a thunderbolt and sent him to Erebos (the Underworld) as punishment for his hybristic behavior.

Parents

Iapetos & Klymene-Asie

Siblings

Atlas
Prometheus
Epimetheus
Ankhiale

Ancient Text

"The Titanes had children . . . Atlas who holds the sky on his shoulders, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoitios whom Zeus struck with a thunderbolt in the Titane battle and confined to Tartaros, were all sons of Iapetos and Asia."
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 8 (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.)

Trivia

  • Menoitios was also the name of one of the Argonauts
  • Menoitios was also the name of the Herdsman of Hades