# Eteoneus

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In [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), **Eteoneus** ([Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek): Ἐτεωνεύς) may refer to various characters:

- Eteoneus, the [Lacedaemonian](/source/Sparta) son of [Boethous](/source/Boethous),[1] son of the [Pelopid](/source/Pelops) [Argeius](/source/Argeus_(Greek_myth)).[2] During the [Trojan War](/source/Trojan_War), he was the weapon-carrier of King [Menelaus](/source/Menelaus) of Sparta. Afterwards, Eteoneus helped [Odysseus](/source/Odysseus) in his trials getting back home.[3][4]
- Eteoneus, one of the [Suitors](/source/Suitors_of_Penelope) of [Penelope](/source/Penelope) who came from [Same](/source/Same_(Homer)) along with other 22 wooers.[5] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the assistance of [Eumaeus](/source/Eumaeus), [Philoetius](/source/Philoetius_(Odyssey)), and [Telemachus](/source/Telemachus).[6]

## See also

- [12916 Eteoneus](/source/12916_Eteoneus), Jovian asteroid
- [List of mortals in Greek mythology](/source/List_of_mortals_in_Greek_mythology)

## Notes

1. [Homer](/source/Homer), *[Odyssey](/source/Odyssey)* 4.31 & 15.95 with [scholia](/source/Scholia) ad [4.22](https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/173/mode/1up?view=theater)

1. Scholia ad Homer, *Odyssey* [4.10](https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/170/mode/1up?view=theater) & [22](https://archive.org/details/scholiagraecain07dindgoog/page/173/mode/1up?view=theater); [Pherecydes](/source/Pherecydes_of_Athens), fr. 132 [=[Fowler](/source/Robert_Fowler_(academic)) (2013), vol. 1, p. 345 & vol. 2, p. 438]

1. Homer, *Odyssey* 4.31

1. ["12916 Eteoneus (1998 TL15)"](https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=12916). *Minor Planet Center*. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

1. [Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)), E.7.28

1. Apollodorus, E.7.33

## References

- [Apollodorus](/source/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-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. [Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022) [Greek text available from the same website](http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021).
- [Homer](/source/Homer), [*The Odyssey*](/source/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, ISBN . [Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136) [Greek text available from the same website](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135).

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