Definitions for Menoeceus

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Menoeceus Me·noe·ce·us

Spelling: [muh-nee-see-uh s, -syoos]

IPA: /məˈni si əs, -syus/

Menoeceus is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 223 anagrams from letters in Menoeceus (ceeemnosu).

Definitions for Menoeceus

noun

1. a descendant of the Sparti and the father of Jocasta and Creon, who sacrificed himself to end a plague in Thebes.
2. the son of Creon of Thebes, who took his own life because of the prophecy that the Seven against Thebes would fail only if a descendant of the Sparti sacrificed himself.

Examples for Menoeceus

Pretending to obey Menoeceus threw himself from the city walls.