Sthenelus Explained

In Greek mythology, Sthenelus (; Ancient Greek: Σθένελος Sthénelos, "strong one" or "forcer", derived from "strength, might, force") was a name attributed to several different individuals:

• Sthenelus, son of Perseus and Andromeda.^[1] He was the father of Eurystheus.
• Sthenelus, son of Capaneus and Evadne.^[2] He fought with Diomedes in the Iliad.
• Sthenelus, father of Cycnus and King of Liguria.^[3]
• Sthenelus or Sthenelās, king of Argos and son of Crotopus, son of Agenor, son of Triopas.^[4] He was the father of Gelanor.^[5]
• Sthenelus, an Egyptian prince as one of the 50 sons of King Aegyptus.^[6] His mother was a Tyria and thus full brother of Clitus and Chrysippus. In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either by Eurryroe, daughter of the river-god Nilus,^[7] or Isaie, daughter of King Agenor of Tyre.^[8] Clitus suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save Lynceus, when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King Danaus of Libya. He married the Danaid Sthenele, daughter of Danaus and Memphis.
• Sthenelus, son of Actor (or of Androgeos) and a companion of Heracles, whom he accompanied to the land of the Amazons to take Hippolyte's girdle.^[9] Ammianus Marcellinus wrote that Sthenelus was killed during the war with the Amazons.^[10]

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.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996.
• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. Apollodorus, 2.4.5
2. Apollodorus, 3.7.2 & 3.10.8
3. [Ovid]
4. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
5. [Pierre Grimal|Grimal, Pierre]
6. [Pseudo-Apollodorus|Apollodorus]
7. [John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]
8. [Scholia]
9. Apollonius Rhodius, 2.911 ff. with scholia; Apollodorus, 2.5.9
10. [Ammianus Marcellinus]