Eurytus, Eurytos (;
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: Εὔρυτος) or Erytus (Ἔρυτος) is the name of several characters in
Greek mythology
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, and of at least one historical figure.
Mythological
*Eurytus, one of the
Giants, sons of
Gaia, killed by
Dionysus
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during the Gigantomachy, the battle of the Giants versus the
Olympian gods.
*Eurytus, a chieftain at the court of king
Cepheus, and was killed by
Perseus during the battle between the latter and
Phineus.
*Eurytus, king of
Caria
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and the father of
Eidothea, who was one of the possible spouses of
Miletus
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.
*Eurytus, a
centaur present at the wedding of
Pirithous and
Hippodamia, and the one that caused the conflict between the
Lapiths and the Centaurs by trying to carry the bride off. The most violent of the centaurs involved in the battle with the Lapiths, he was killed by
Theseus.
*
Eurytus, king of
Oechalia,
Thessaly, and father of
Iole and
Iphitus.
*Eurytus, father of
Cleobule, mother by
Tenthredon of
Prothous, leader of the
Magnesians during the
Trojan War.
*Eurytus, son of
Hippocoön was killed, along with his brothers, by
Heracles
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.
*Eurytus or Erytus of
Alope, son of
Hermes and
Antianeira (daughter of
Menetus) or
Laothoe, and brother of
Echion. Together with the latter and stepbrother,
Aethalides, they participated in the quest of the
Argonauts. Erytus and his brother were described as ''“well skilled in craftiness”'' which signified the ability they possess as children of the thief-god. He was also counted as one of the hunters of the
Calydonian Boar.
*
Eurytus, son of
Molione, by either
Poseidon or
Actor
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.
*Eurytus, an
Elean prince as one of the children of
King Augeas, who was killed by
Heracles
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near
Cleonae.
*Eurytus, the
Greek leader of the
Epeans (from
Elis) and
Taphians during the Trojan War, and an ally of
Elephenor. He was killed by
Telephus's son
Eurypylus.
*Eurytus, father of
Clonus. His son was known for having made the belt of
Pallas.
*Eurytus, an alternate name for
Eurypylus of Cyrene.
[ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 4.1561, referring to Philarchus for the alternate names]
Historical
*
Eurytus of Sparta, a Spartan warrior, one of the Three Hundred sent to face the
Persians at the
Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
*
Eurytus (Pythagorean), a Pythagorean philosopher (fl. 400 BC).
Notes
References
*
Antoninus Liberalis, ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992)
Online version at the Topos Text Project.*
Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Diodorus Siculus, ''The Library of History'' translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library
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. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8
Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
*Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Euripides, ''The Plays of Euripides'', translated by E. P. Coleridge. Volume II. London. George Bell and Sons. 1891
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Euripides, ''Euripidis Fabulae.'' ''vol. 3''. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Gaius Julius Hyginus, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* March, J., Cassell's Dictionary Of Classical Mythology, London, 1999.
* Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913
Online version at theio.com
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Tzetzes, John, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
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