Menestheus
Born c. 1230 BCE
Leader of the Athenian contingent at Troy in the Iliad.
Menestheus is a leader of Athens from legend and epic tradition.
This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.
- Known as
- Leader of Athens
- Category
- Legends & Epics
- Born
- c. 1230 BCE
From the same age of legend
- Alcinous Born c. 1230 BCE, king of the Phaeacians
- Demodocus Born c. 1230 BCE, blind bard
- Menelaus Born c. 1230 BCE, Greek king
- Tiresias Died c. 1200 BCE, blind seer
- Arete Born c. 1225 BCE, queen of the Phaeacians
- Eumaeus Born c. 1225 BCE, swineherd
Portrait: Attributed to the Inscriptions Painter, CC0.