Sthĕnĕlus, i, m., = Σθένελος.
I King of Mycenae , son of Perseus , and father of Eurystheus , Hyg. Fab. 244.—
II King of the Ligurians , father of Cycnus , who was changed into a swan , and who , from his father , is called proles Stheneleïa, Ov. M. 2, 367; cf. sqq.—
III One of the Epigoni , charioteer of Diomede at the siege of Troy , and one of those shut up in the wooden horse , Verg. A. 2, 261; Hor. C. 1, 15, 24; 4, 9, 20.—
IV A Rutulian , slain by Pallas , Verg. A. 10, 388.—Hence.
A Sthĕnĕlēĭus , a, um, adj., Stheneleian.
α (Acc. to I.) Eurystheus, Ov. M. 9, 273: hostis, i. e. Eurystheus , id. H. 9, 25.—
β (Acc. to II.) Proles, i. e. Cycnus , Ov. M. 2, 367.—
B Sthĕnĕlēis , ĭdis, adj. f. , Stheneleian : volucris, i. e. Cycnus , Ov. M. 12, 581.