Menon, a Thessalian commander in the expedition of Cyrus the younger against his brother Artaxerxes. He was dismissed on the suspicion that he had betrayed his fellow-soldiers. Diodorus, bk. 14.——A Thessalian refused the freedom of Athens, though he furnished a number of auxiliaries to the people.——The husband of Semiramis.——A sophist in the age of Socrates.——One of the first kings of Phrygia. Dionysius of Halicarnassus.——A scholar of Phidias, &c.
Menophĭlus, a eunuch to whom Mithridates, when conquered by Pompey, entrusted the care of his daughter. Menophilus murdered the princess for fear of her falling into the enemy’s hands. Ammianus, bk. 16.
Menta, or Minthe. See: [Minthe].
Mentes, a king of the Taphians in Ætolia, son of Anchialus, in the time of the Trojan war.
Mentissa, a town of Spain. Livy, bk. 26, ch. 17.
Mento, a Roman consul, &c.
Mentor, a faithful friend of Ulysses.——A son of Hercules.——A king of Sidonia, who revolted against Artaxerxes Ochus, and afterwards was restored to favour by his treachery to his allies, &c. Diodorus, bk. 16.——An excellent artist in polishing cups and engraving flowers on them. Pliny, bk. 33, ch. 11.—Martial, bk. 9, ltr. 63, ltr. 16.
Menyllus, a Macedonian set over the garrison which Antipater had stationed at Athens. He attempted in vain to corrupt the innocence of Phocion. Plutarch.
Mera, a priest of Venus. Statius, Thebiad, bk. 8, li. 478.——A dog of Icarius, which by his cries showed Erigone where her murdered father had been thrown. Immediately after this discovery the daughter hung herself in despair, and the dog pined away, and was made a constellation in the heavens known by the name of Canis. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 7, li. 363.—Hyginus, fable 130.—Ælian, Varia Historia, bk. 7, ch. 28.
Mera, or Mœra, one of the Atlantides, who married Tegeates son of Lycaon. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 48.