Editing Eteoneus

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Eteoneus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἐτεωνεύς) may refer to various characters:

* Eteoneus, the [[Sparta|Lacedaemonian]] son of [[Boethous]],<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 4.31 & 15.95 with [[scholia]] ad [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/173/mode/1up?view=theater 4.22]</ref> son of the [[Pelops|Pelopid]] [[Argeus (Greek myth)|Argeius]].<ref name=":02">Scholia ad Homer, ''Odyssey'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/170/mode/1up?view=theater 4.10] & [https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/173/mode/1up?view=theater 22]; [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]], fr. 132 [=[[Robert Fowler (academic)|Fowler]] (2013), vol. 1, p. 345 & vol. 2, p. 438]</ref> During the [[Trojan War]], he was the weapon-carrier of King [[Menelaus]] of Sparta. Afterwards, Eteoneus helped [[Odysseus]] in his trials getting back home.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 4.31</ref><ref name="MPC-Asteroid" />
* Eteoneus, one of the [[Suitors of Penelope|Suitors]] of [[Penelope]] who came from [[Same (Homer)|Same]] along with other 22 wooers.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], E.7.28</ref> He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the assistance of [[Eumaeus]], [[Philoetius (Odyssey)|Philoetius]], and [[Telemachus]].<ref name=":1">Apollodorus, E.7.33</ref>

== See also ==
* [[12916 Eteoneus]], Jovian asteroid
* [[List of mortals in Greek mythology]]

== Notes ==
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<ref name="MPC-Asteroid">{{cite web
  |title      = 12916 Eteoneus (1998 TL15)
  |work       = Minor Planet Center
  |url        = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=12916
  |accessdate = 26 February 2019}}</ref>

}}

== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
*[[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].

[[Category:Achaeans (Homer)]]

[[Category:Characters in the Odyssey]]
[[Category:Mythological Laconians]]
[[Category:Suitors of Penelope]]
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