In Greek mythology, Mesthles (Ancient Greek: Μέσθλης) was one of the Trojan Leaders.[1][2]
Family
editMesthles was the son of Talaemenes and a Gygaean nymph (Gygaea). He was the brother of Antiphus.[3]
Mythology
editMesthles and his brother were the captains of the Maeonians who participated in the Trojan War.[2][4] The Meiones were Lydian people whose city is today's Sardis.[5]
Notes
edit- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.864–866; Apollodorus, Epitome 3.35
- ^ a b Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 63, Prologue 828. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.864–865; Apollodorus, Epitome 3.35
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.866; Apollodorus, Epitome 3.35
- ^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 63, Prologue 829. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
References
edit- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4
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