Mantineus

Arcadian prince in Greek mythology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Greek mythology, Mantineus (Ancient Greek: Μαντινέα or Μαντινεὺς) was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon[1] either by the naiad Cyllene,[2] Nonacris[3] or by unknown woman. He founded the Arcadian city of Mantineia.[4]

Mythology

Mantineus and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Mantineus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[5] His daughter was Ocalea.

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