Ceuthonymus

Greek underworld
Residents
Aeacus Arae Ascalaphus Cerberus Ceuthonymus Charon Erinyes Eurynomos Hades/Pluto Hecate Hypnos Macaria Melinoe Menoetius Minos Moirai Mormolykeia Persephone Rhadamanthus Thanatos
Geography
Acheron Asphodel Fields Cocytus Elysion Erebus Lethe Phlegethon Styx Tartarus
Famous Tartarus inmates
The Danaides Ixion Salmoneus Sisyphus Tantalus The Titans Tityus
Visitors
Aeneas Dionysus Heracles Hermes Odysseus Orpheus Pirithous Psyche Theseus

Ceuthonymus (or Keuthonymos^[1]) (Κευθωνυμος) is a spirit in mythology who is the father of Menoites (or Menoetes, Menoetius).^[2]^[3]^:322^[1] Ceuthonymus is a mysterious daimon or spirit of the underworld, who lives in the realm of Hades. Ceuthonymus is possibly the same as Iapetos, a Titan, and father of a certain Menoitios.^[3]^:353

References

1 2 Apollodorus (of Athens). The Llibrary. 2.5.12.
↑ Vermeule, Emily (1981). Aspects of Death in early Greek Art and Poetry. University of California Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-520-04404-3.
1 2 Thomas Keightley (1896). The Mythology of ancient Greece and Italy. George Bell and Sons.

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