A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

EURYSTHENES. EURYTUS.: 113
(xi. 841, xv. 390;comp. Apollod. iii. 10. ~ 8; story, after their- father's return to Peloponnesus
Hygin. Fab. 97; Ov. Alet. xiii. 357.) According and occupation of his allotment of Laconia. He
to a genealogy of the heroes of Ormenion he was died immediately after the birth of his children
a son of Hyperochus, and the father of Ormenus. and had not even time to decide which of the
(Schol. ad. Pind. 01. vii. 42.) Among the heroes two should succeed him. The mother professed
of Hyria, he is mentioned as a son of Poseidon- to be unable to name the elder, and the Lacedaeand Celaeno, and went to Libya before Cyrene who monians in embarrassment applied to Delphi,
fought against the lion that attacked his flocks, and were instructed to make them both kings,
and in Libya he became connected with the Ar- but give the greater honour to the elder. The
gonauts. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. iv. 1561; difficulty thus remaining was at last removed at
Tzetz. ad Lycopk. 902.) He is said to have been the suggestion of Panites, a Messenian, by watchmarried to Sterope, the daughter of Helios, by ing which of the children was first washed and fed
whom he became the father of Lycaon and Leu- by the mother; and the first rank was accordingly
cippus. (Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. iv. 57; Tzetz. ad given to Eurysthenes and retained by his descendLycoph. 886.) The tradition which connects him ants. (Herod. vi. 51, 52.) The mother's name
with the legends about Dionysus, is given under was Argeia, and her brother Theras was, during
AESYMNETES, and Eurypylus as connected with their minority, their joint-guardian and regent.
Dionysus, dedicated a sanctuary to Soteria at Pa- (Herod. iv. 147.) - They were married to two sistrae (Paus. vii. 21. ~ 2), which also contained a ters, twins like themselves, the daughters of Thermonument of him, and where sacrifices were offered sander, the Heracleid king of Cleonae, by name
to him every year after the festival of Dionysus. Lathria and Anaxandra, whose tombs were to be
(vii. 19. ~ 1, 3, ix. 41. ~ 1.) From Pausanias seen at Sparta in the time of Pausanias (iii. 16.
we learn that Eurypylus was called by some a son ~ 5). The two brothers are said to have united
of Dexamenus, (Comp. Miiller, Orcionm. p. 341, with the son of Temenus to restore Aepytus, the
&c., 2nd edit.)' son of Cresphontes, to Messenia. Otherwise, they
2. A son of Poseidon and Astypalaea, was king were, according to both Pausanias and Herodotus,
of Cos, and was killed by Heracles who on his re- in continual strife, which perhaps may give a meanturn from Troy landed in Cos, and being taken for ing to the strange story related in Polyaenus (i. 10),
a pirate, was attacked by its inhabitants. (Apol- that Procles and Temenus attacked the Eurystheilod. ii. 7. ~~ 1, 8. ) According to another tradi- dae then in occupation of Sparta, and were successtion Heracles attacked the island of Cos, in order ful through the good order preserved by the flute,
to obtain possession of Chalciope, the daughter of the benefit of which on this occasion was the origin
Eurypylus, whom he loved. (Schol. ad Pind. of the well-known Spartan practice. Ephorus in
ANem. iv. 40; comp. Hom. II. ii. 676, xiv. 250 &c., Strabo (viii. p. 366) states, that they maintained
xv. 25.). themselves by taking foreigners into their service,
3; A son of Telephus and Astyoche, was king and these Clinton understands by the name Eurysof Moesia or Cilicia. Eurypylus was induced by theidae; but Miller considers it to be one of the
the presents which Priam sent to his mother or transfers made by Ephorus in ancient times of the
wife, to assist the Trojans against the Greeks. customs of his own. Cicero (de Div. ii. 43) tells
Eurypylus killed Machaon, but was himself slain us, that Procles died one year before his'brother,
by Neoptolemus. (Hygin. Fab. 112; Strab. xiii. and was much the more famous for his achievep. 584; Paus. iii. 26. ~ 7; Diet. Cret. iv. 14; ments. (Compare Clinton, F. H, vol. i. p. 333;
Eustath. ad tIom. p. 1697.) There are three other Miiller, lar. i. 5. ~~ 13, 14.) [A, H. C.]
mythical personages of this name. (Apollod. ii. 7. EURYSTHEUS. [HERaCLES.]
~ 8, i. 7. ~ 10, 8. ~ 3.) [L. S.] EURY'TION (EdpvUlcov). 1, A son of Irus
EURY'PYLUS (EvptwrvAos), is referred to as and Demonassa, and a grandson of Actor, is menan author by Athenaeus (xi. p. 508), but is other- tioned among the Argonauts. (Hygin. Fab. 14.;
wise unknown. [L. S.]. Apollon.. Rhod. i. 71.) According to others he
EURYSACES (Eupvda'Kfs), a son of the Tela- was a son of Actor, and he is also called Eurytus.
monian Ajax and Teemessa, was named after (Apollod. i. 8. B 2; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 175.)
the broad shield of his father. (Soph. Aj. 575; When Peleus was expelled from his dominions, he
Eustath. ad Hom. p. 857; Serv. ad Aen. i. 623; fled to Eurytion and married his daughter AatiPhilostr. hIeroic. 11. 2.) An Athenian tradition gone; but in shooting at the Calydonian boar, Perelated, that Eurysaces and his brother Philaeus leus inadvertently killed his father-in-law, (Apolhad given up to the Athenians the island of Sa- lod. iii. 13. ~ 1. &c.)
lamis,. which they had inherited from their grand- 2. A centaur who took to flight during the fight
father, and that the two brothers received in return of Heracles with the centaurs; but he was afterthe Attic franchise. One of the brothers then set- wards killed by Heracles in the dominions of Dextled at Brauron, and the other at Melite. Eury- amenus, whose daughter Eurytion was on the point
saces was honoured like his father, at Athens, with of making his wife. (Apollod. ii. 5. ~ 4, &c.;
an altar. (Plut..Sol. 10; Pans. i-. 35. ~ 2.) [L.S.] comp. Diod. iv. 33; Hygin. Fab. 31.) Two other
EURYSTERNOS (EmpefrTepyos), that is, the mythical personages of this name are mentioned by
goddess with a broad chest, is a surname of Ge Apollodorus (ii. 5. ~ 10) and Virgil. (Aeln. v. 495,
(Hes. T/eog. 117), under which she had a sanc- &c.) [L. S.]
tuary on the Crathlis near Aegae in Achaia, with a EURY'TION. [EURYPoN.]
very ancient statuea (Paus. vii. 25. ~ 8, v. 14. EU'RYTUS (Evptvros). 1. A son of Mela~ 8.) [L. S.] neus and Stratonice (Schol. ad Sop/i. Trach. 268),
EURY'STHENES (EJpvaeOvrls), and PRO- was king of Oechalia, probably the Thessalian
CLES (IlpocAis), the twin sons of Aristodemus, town of this name. (Miuller, Dor. ii. 11. ~ 1.)
were born, according to the common account He was a skilful archer and married to Antioche,
before, but, according to the genuine Spartan by whom he became the father of Iole, Iphitus,
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