King of Melos whose death left the island without a ruler, whereupon Menestheus son of Peteos came from the Trojan voyage and reigned in his stead.1
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Apollodorus records only that when the returning heroes sailed as far as Mimas, Polyanax king of Melos had died, and Menestheus went to the island and took the kingship.2
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