Leonteus

Lĕontĕus, ĕi, m.,

• the name of a warrior, Stat. Th. 9, 133.

Leonteus

(Λεοντεύς), a son of Coronus, and prince of the Lapithae. In conjunction with Polypoetes, he led the Lapithae, in 40 ships, against Troy, where he took part in the games at the funeral of Patroclus. (Hom. Il. 2.745, &c., 12.130. &c., 23.837, &c.) [L.S]

Leonteus

(Λεοντεύς), of Argos, was a tragic poet and the slave of Juba, king of Mauritania, who ridiculed his Hypsipyle in an epigram preserved by Athenaeus (viii. p. 343e. f.). [P.S]

Leonteus Leonteus, son of Coronus

• suitor of Helen: Apollod. 3.10.7
• goes to Colophon and helps to bury Calchas: Apollod. E.5.23