MENOETIUS
Greek Mythology
Roman Mythology
This is the name of one of the GIANTS in the classical mythology of Greece and Rome. MENOETIUS was one of the progeny of the TITAN called JAPETUS and the OCEANID NYMPH CIYMENE, according to HESIOD in his work Theogeny (c. 750 B.C.), but according to AESCHYLUS (525 B.C. - 456 B.C.), his mother was THEMIS. His siblings were the GIANTS ATLAS, PROMETHEUS, and EPIMETHEUS. Both MENOETIUS and ATLAS took part in the revolt against the gods, and for his part MENOETHIUS was condemned by the king of the gods, ZEUS, to the eternal darkness of EREBUS.
Source: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth