MENESTHEUS.The father of Apollonius (2Ma_4:21).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
mḗ-nes?thūs, mḗ-nes?thḗ-us (Μενεσθεύς, Menestheús Codex Alexandrinus, Μενεσθεσέως, Menestheséōs): The father of Apollonius, a general of Epiphanes (2 Macc 4:21 and in 2 Macc 4:4 the Revised Version (British and American), following a conjecture of Hort Μενεσθέως, Menesthéōs for μαίνεσθαι ἔως, maı́nesthai héōs the latter is retained in Swete and Fritzache). ?Son of Menestheus? is added to distinguish this Apollonius from ?Apollonius, Son of Thrasaeus? (2 Macc 3:5) and ?Apollonius, Son of Gennaeus? (2 Macc 12:2). See APOLLONIUS.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Menestheus
(Μενεσθεύς v. r. Μενέσθεσις, Vulg. Mnestheus), the father of Apollonius (q.v.), the ambassador of Antiochus Epiphanes to Ptolemy Philometor (2Ma_4:21).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.