Stheneleius

Sthĕnĕlus, i, m., = Sthenelos.

I.

King of Mycenœ, son of Perseus, and father of Eurystheus, Hyg. Fab. 244.—

II.

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.—

III.

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.—

IV.

A Rutulian, slain by Pallas, Verg. A. 10, 388.—Hence.

A.

Sthĕnĕlēĭus, a, um, adj., Stheneleian.

(α).

(Acc. to I.) Eurystheus, Ov. M. 9, 273:

hostis,

i. e. Eurystheus, id. H. 9, 25.—

(β).

(Acc. to II.) Proles, i. e. Cycnus, Ov. M. 2, 367.—

B.

Sthĕnĕlēis, ĭdis, adj. f., Stheneleian:

volucris,

i. e. Cycnus, Ov. M. 12, 581.