Mneseus

In Greek mythology, Mneseus (Ancient Greek: Μνησεύς) was one of the ten sons of Poseidon and Cleito in Plato's myth of Atlantis.Plato, Critias 113d

Family Mneseus was the elder brother of Autochton and his other siblings were Atlas and Eumelus, Ampheres and Evaemon, Elasippus and Mestor, and lastly, Azaes and Diaprepes.Plato, Critias 114a-c

Mythology Mneseus, along with his nine siblings, became the heads of ten royal houses, each ruling a tenth portion of the island, according to a partition made by Poseidon himself, but all subject to the supreme dynasty of Atlas who was the eldest of the ten.Plato, Critias 114d

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Plato, Critias in Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available at the same website.