{{Short description|Son of Talaus and Lysimache in ancient Greek mythology}} {{Other uses|Mecisteus (mythology)}} In Greek mythology, '''Mecisteus''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|s|ɪ|s||ˌ|t|(|j|)|uː|s}}; Ancient Greek: Μηκιστεύς ''Mēkisteús'') was the son of Talaus and Lysimache. He was the father of Euryalus<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.16&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Mecisteus 1.9.16]</ref> by Astyoche.<ref>Tzetzes, ''Homeric Allegories'' Prologue, 562</ref>
== Mythology == Mecisteus participated in the attack on the city of Thebes with the Seven against Thebes, along with his brother Adrastus. In Aeschylus' tragedy ''Seven Against Thebes'', Mecisteus is not among the seven champions who attack the seven gates of Thebes. The ''Bibliotheca'', however, gives one version of the legend in which he replaces Tydeus as one of the seven.<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.13</ref> Herodotus also writes that he was one of the attackers, although whether one of the seven champions or simply another leader is not made clear.<ref>Herodotus, ''Histories'' 5.67.3</ref> In the ''Iliad'', it is said that Mecisteus attended the funeral games of Oedipus at Thebes, and won all the boxing matches.<ref>Homer. ''The Iliad'' (translated by Richmond Lattimore). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951, p. 468.</ref>
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== References ==
* 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]. * Herodotus, ''The Histories'' with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|0-674-99133-8}}. [https://topostext.org/work/22 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0125 Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library]. * Homer, ''The Iliad'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] * Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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