In Greek mythology, Mantineus (Ancient Greek: Μαντινέα or Μαντινεὺς) was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon[1] either by the naiad Cyllene,[2] Nonacris[3] or by unknown woman.
To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant.
These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table.
Mantineus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.
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