In Greek mythology, Mnesileus (Ancient Greek: Μνησίλεως Mnesileos) or Mnasinous (Μνασίνους) was the son of Polydeuces, one of the Dioscuri, and Phoebe,[1] daughter of Leucippus of Messenia.[2] The temple of the Dioscuri at Argos contained also the statues of these two sons of the Dioscuri, Anaxias and Mnasinous,[3] and on the throne of Amyclae both were represented riding on horseback.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Propertius, Elegies 1.1
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 3.13.4; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.22.5 & 3.18.13
  3. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.22.5
  4. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.18.7

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