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Me•noe•ce•us
(mə nē′sē əs, -syo̅o̅s),USA pronunciation n. [Class. Myth.]
- Mythologya descendant of the Sparti and the father of Jocasta and Creon, who sacrificed himself to end a plague in Thebes.
- Mythologythe 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.