Ceuthonymus

Ceuthonymus or Keuthonymos[1] (Ancient Greek: Κευθώνυμος) is a spirit in mythology who is the father of Menoites (or Menoetes, Menoetius).[2][3]^:322[1] Ceuthonymus is a mysterious daimon or spirit of the underworld, who lives in the realm of Hades.[3]^:353

Greek underworld
Residents
Aeacus Angelos Arae Ascalaphus Cerberus Ceuthonymus Charon Erinyes Eurynomos Hades/Pluto Hecate Hypnos Macaria Melinoë Menoetius Minos Moirai Mormolykeia Persephone Rhadamanthus Thanatos
Geography
Acheron Asphodel Fields Cocytus Elysium Erebus Lethe Phlegethon Styx Tartarus
Famous Tartarus inmates
Danaïdes Ixion Salmoneus Sisyphus Tantalus Titans Tityus
Visitors
Aeneas Dionysus Heracles Hermes Odysseus Orpheus Pirithous Psyche Theseus

References

Apollodorus (of Athens). The Llibrary. 2.5.12.
Vermeule, Emily (1981). Aspects of Death in early Greek Art and Poetry. University of California Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-520-04404-3.
Thomas Keightley (1896). The Mythology of ancient Greece and Italy. George Bell and Sons.

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