Sthenelus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Sthĕnĕlus</b>: i, m., = [[Σθένελος]].<br /><b>I</b> King of Mycenœ, [[son]] of [[Perseus]], and [[father]] of [[Eurystheus]], Hyg. Fab. 244.—<br /><b>II</b> King of the Ligurians, [[father]] of [[Cycnus]], [[who]] [[was]] changed [[into]] a [[swan]], and [[who]], from his [[father]], is called [[proles]] Stheneleïa, Ov. M. 2, 367; cf. sqq.—<br /><b>III</b> One of the [[Epigoni]], [[charioteer]] of Diomede at the [[siege]] of [[Troy]], and one of those [[shut]] up in the [[wooden]] [[horse]], Verg. A. 2, 261; Hor. C. 1, 15, 24; 4, 9, 20.—<br /> A Rutulian, [[slain]] by [[Pallas]], Verg. A. 10, 388.—Hence.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Sthĕnĕlēĭus, a, um, adj., Stheneleian.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I.) [[Eurystheus]], Ov. M. 9, 273: [[hostis]], i. e. [[Eurystheus]], id. H. 9, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II.) Proles, i. e. [[Cycnus]], Ov. M. 2, 367.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Sthĕnĕlēis, ĭdis, adj. f., Stheneleian: [[volucris]], i. e. [[Cycnus]], Ov. M. 12, 581.

|georg=Sthenelus, ī, m. (Σθέλενος), I) [[Sohn]] [[des]] Kapaneus u. der [[Euadne]], [[einer]] der Epigonen, [[gegen]] [[Troja]] [[Führer]] der Argeier [[unter]] [[Diomedes]], Verg. Aen. 2, 261. Hor. carm. 1, 15, 24; 4, 9, 20. Hyg. fab. 108 u. 175. – II) [[Sohn]] [[des]] [[Perseus]] u. der [[Andromeda]], [[Vater]] [[des]] [[Eurystheus]] [[von]] der Nicippe, Hyg. fab. 244. – III) [[König]] in Ligurien, [[dessen]] [[Sohn]] Zyknus in [[einen]] [[Schwan]] verwandelt wurde, s. [[Ov]]. [[met]]. 2, 367. – Dav.: A) Sthenelēius, a, um, sthenelëisch, [[hostis]], [[Eurystheus]], Ov.: [[proles]], Zyknus, Ov. – B) Sthenelēis, idis, f., sthenelëisch, [[volucris]], [[Schwan]], Ov.

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