Eurytus
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Euryto Proper-name noun: masculine ablative singular, Proper-name noun: masculine dative singular of Eurytus
- King of Oechalia and father of Iole, Ov. M. 9, 356.—Whence Iole is called Eurytis, ĭdis, f., Ov. M. 9, 395; id. H. 9, 133.—
- II A centaur, Ov. M. 12, 220.—Also called Eurytĭon, ōnis, m., Ov. A. A. 1, 593 (cf. Hom.Od. 21, 285).—
- III An Argonaut, Val. Fl. 1, 439 al.
(Εὔρυτος).
1. A son of Melaneus and Stratonice (Schol. ad Soph. Trach. 268), was king of Oechalia, probably the Thessalian town of this name. (Müller, Dor. 2.11.1.) He was a skilful archer and married to Antioche, by whom he became the father of lole, Iphitus, Molion or Deion. Clytius, and Toxeus. (Diod. 4.37.) He was proud of his skill in using the bow, and is even said to have instructed Heracles in his art. (Theocrit. 24.105; Apollod. 2.4.9; Soph. l.c.) He offered his daughter Iole as prize to him who should conquer him and his sons in shooting with the bow. Heracles won the prize, but Eurytus and his sons, with the exception of Iphitus, refused to give up Iole because they feared lest he should kill the children lie might have by her. (Apollod 2.6.1.) Heracles accordingly marched against Oechalia with an army : he took the place and killed Eurytus and his sons. (Apollod. 2.7.7.) According to a tradition in Athenaeus (xi. p. 461) he put them to death because they had demanded a tribute from the Euboeans. According to the Homeric poems, on the other hand, Eurytus was killed by Apollo whom he presumed to rival in using the bow. (Od. 8.226.) The remains of the body of Eurytus were believed to be preserved in the Carnasian grove ; and in the Messenian Oechalia sacrifices were offered to him every year. (Paus. 4.3.6, 27.4, 33.5.)
2. A son of Actor and Molione of Elis. (Hom. Il. 2.621; Apollod. ii 7.2; Paus. 2.15.1; Eur. IA 270.) [Moliones.]
3. A son of Hermes and Antianeira, and brother of Echion, was one of the Argonauts. (Apollod. 1.9.16; Hyg. Fab. 14, 160; V. Fl. 1.439.) He is sometimes also called Erytus. (Pind. Pytth. 4.179; Apollon. 1.51; Orph. Arg. 133.) There are two more mythical personages of this name. (Apollod. 3.10, 5, 1.6.2.) [L.S]
(Εὔρυτος), an eminent Pythagorean philosopher, whom Iamblichus in one passage (de Vit. Pyth. 28) describes as a native of Croton, while in another (ibidd. 36) he enumerates him among the Tarentine Pythagoreans. He was a disciple of Philolaus, and Diogenes Laertius (3.6, 8.46) mentions him among the teachers of Plato, though this statement is very doubtful. It is uncertain whether Eurytus was the author of any work, unless we suppose that the fragment in Stobaeus (Phys. Ecl. i. p. 210), which is there ascribed to one Eurytus, belongs to our Eurytus. (Ritter, Gesch. der Pythag. Philos. p. 64, &c.) [L.S]
(Εὔρυτος). A skilled archer who was king of Oechalia, and father of Iolé. See Heracles, p. 792.
- killed by Dionysus: Apollod. 1.6.1
- his determination to fight at Thermopylae: Hdt. 7.229
- and Cteatus: sons of Actor or Poseidon by Molione, called the Molionides, slain by Herakles: Apollod. 2.7.1, Paus. 2.15.1
- father of Thalpius: Apollod. 3.10.7, Paus. 5.3.3
- his tomb: Paus. 2.15.1
- in the Argo: Apollod. 1.9.17
- slain by Herakles: Apollod. 3.10.5
- Paus. 4.3.10, Paus. 4.33.5
- fights Tyndareus: Paus. 3.18.11
- his bones: Paus. 4.2.3, Paus. 4.33.5
- invoked by Messenians: Paus. 4.27.6
- sacrifices offered to him: Paus. 4.3.10
- teaches Herakles to shoot: Apollod. 2.4.8, Apollod. 2.4.11
- prince of Oechalia, offers his daughter as a prize to the best archer: Apollod. 2.5.12, Apollod. 2.6.1
- suspects Herakles of stealing his cattle: Apollod. 2.6.1
- refuses compensation for the murder of his son: Apollod. 2.6.2
- slain by Herakles: Apollod. 2.7.7