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Menoeceus

Menoeceus · m

son of the Theban king Creon, who sacrificed kimself for his country

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Where it lives

Thebais 7 · 1.12/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 2 · 0.35/10k

What it meant

Mĕnoeceus — Lewis & Short

Mĕnoeceus, ĕi and ĕos, m., = *menoikeus,

I son of the Theban king Creon, who sacrificed kimself for his country, Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 116; Juv. 14, 240; Stat. Th. 10, 620; 651; 11, 709 al.; Hyg. Fab. 67.—Hence, Mĕnoecĕus, a um, adj., of or belonging to Menœceus, Menœcean, Stat. Th. 10, 756.

Where it came from

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