μένος , εος: impulse, will, spirit, might, courage,
martial fury, rage (noble or otherwise), pl. μένεα πνείοντες, ‘breathing
might,’ Il. 2.536. A very
characteristic Homeric word, with a wide range of application; joined
w. θυ_μός, ἀλκή, θάρσος, ψυ_χή, χεῖρες,
γυῖα, and w. gen. of names as periphrases for the person,
Il. 14.418, Od. 7.167; said of things as well as men
and animals, wind, fire, the sun, etc.