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The satellite Menoetius (/ m ə ˈ n iː ʃ ə s / mə-NEE-shəs; official designation (617) Patroclus I Menoetius) was named after the legendary father of Patroclus. It was previously known by the provisional designation S/2001 (617) 1. Patroclus and Menoetius are the only objects in the Trojan camp to be named after Greek rather than Trojan ...
Homer also references Menoetius as the individual who gave Patroclus to Peleus. [14] Menoetius was the son of Actor , [ 15 ] king of Opus in Locris , by Aegina , daughter of Asopus . Patroclus was Achilles's first cousin once removed through their paternal family connection to Aegina, as Achilles was the son of Peleus and grandson of Aeacus ...
Menoetius from Opus was one of the Argonauts, [4] and son of Actor [5] and Aegina. He was the father of Patroclus and Myrto [6] by either Damocrateia, [7] Sthenele, [8] Philomela [9] [10] Polymele, or Periopis. [11] Among the settlers of Locris, Menoetius was chiefly honored by King Opus II, son of Zeus and Protogeneia. [12]
Patroclus, the Thespian son of Heracles and Pyrippe, [1] daughter of King Thespius of Thespiae. [2] Patroclus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night, [ 3 ] for a week [ 4 ] or in the course of 50 days [ 5 ] while hunting for the Cithaeronian lion . [ 6 ]
Achilles bandages the arm of Patroclus. The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is a key element of the stories associated with the Trojan War.In the Iliad, Homer describes a deep and meaningful relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, where Achilles is tender toward Patroclus, but callous and arrogant toward others.
In 2033, Lucy is scheduled to fly by the binary Trojan 617 Patroclus and its satellite Menoetius. The mission is expected to conclude with the Patroclus–Menoetius flyby, but at that point, Lucy will remain in a stable, six-year orbit between the L4 and L5 Trojan clouds, leaving the possibility open for a mission extension. [citation needed]
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In Greek mythology, Philomela (Ancient Greek: Φιλομήλα) is identified by Gaius Julius Hyginus as the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus. [1] [2] The former was one of the Argonauts and the latter a participant of the Trojan War. However, the Bibliotheca listed three other wives of Menoetius and possible mothers of Patroclus: [3]