Meneptolemus Explained

In Greek mythology, Meneptolemus (Ancient Greek: Μενεπτολέμοιο or Μενεπτόλεμος means 'staunch in battle, steadfast') may refer to two different figures:

• Meneptolemus, husband of Tisiphone, daughter of Antimachus of Troy.^[1] His wife roused the other Trojan women to fight during the Trojan war.^[2]
• Meneptolemus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.^[3] He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[4]

Notes

1. [Quintus Smyrnaeus]
2. Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.403–476
3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
4. Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33

References

• 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.
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.