Sthenelus, i, m., = Σθένελος. King of Mycenae, son of Perseus, and father of Eurystheus, Hyg. Fab. 244.

— King of the Ligurians, father of Cycnus, who was changed into a swan, and who, from his father, is called proles Stheneleia, Ov. M. 2, 367; cf. sqq.

— 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.

— A Rutulian, slain by Pallas, Verg. A. 10, 388.

—Hence. Sthenelēius, a, um, adj., Stheneleian. (Acc. to I.) Eurystheus, Ov. M. 9, 273: hostis, i. e. Eurystheus, id. H. 9, 25.

— (Acc. to II.) Proles, i. e. Cycnus, Ov. M. 2, 367.

— Sthenelēis, idis, adj. f., Stheneleian: volucris, i. e. Cycnus, Ov. M. 12, 581.