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it is noted that no one could arrange chariots and shield-bearing warriors in battle orders better than Menestheus, and that only
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attacked the portion of the Greek wall that he was in charge of, Menestheus shivered and had to call on
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was reviewing his troops he found Menestheus in the back rows seemingly avoiding action. Later, when
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This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.
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When Menestheus died, Athens passed back to the family of
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travelled to the Underworld after abducting their sister,
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in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.
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Yet, further, he is characterised as not valiant. When
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Index

Menesthius
Mnestheus
Menestheus (mythology)
Greek mythology
/mɪˈnɛsθəs/
Ancient Greek
king of Athens
Trojan War
Castor and Pollux
Theseus
Helen
Peteus
Orneus
Erechtheus
Polyxene
Mnesimache
Helen of Troy
Trojan War
Troy
Iliad
Nestor
Herodotus
Gelon
Syracuse
Agamemnon
Sarpedon
Telamonian Ajax
Teucer
Trojan Horse
Mimas

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