Melaeneus

Arcadian prince in Greek mythology From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Greek mythology, Melaeneus (Ancient Greek: Μελαινέα) was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene,[1] Nonacris[2] or by unknown woman. He was the possible founder of the Arcadian deme of Melaenae.[3]

Mythology

Melaeneus 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. Melaeneus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[4]

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