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{{Short description|Character in the Aeneid}} {{distinguish|Menesthius|Menestheus }} '''Mnestheus''' ({{langx|grc|Μνησθεός}}) is a character from [[Roman mythology]], found in [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]''. He is described by Virgil as the ancestral hero of the [[Memmia gens|Memmii]] and "Of the house of [[Assaracus]]". One of a handful of vaguely defined lieutenants under [[Aeneas]], he appears to be Aeneas's most senior captain, taking charge in Book 9 in his absence. He takes second place in the boat race during the funeral games of [[Anchises]] in Book 5. == See also == * [[9023 Mnesthus]], Jovian asteroid named after Mnestheus * [[Mnestheus (skipper)]], a genus of butterflies == References == * Virgil IV, 288; IX, 171, 781. * ''[[A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities]]'' edited by [[William Smith (lexicographer)|William Smith]] (1870). == External links == * {{gutenberg|no=228|name=The Aeneid|author=Virgil|language=English}} {{Aeneid}} [[Category:Characters in the Aeneid]] [[Category:Characters in Roman mythology]] {{AncientRome-myth-stub}}
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