Corythus, one of the
Lapiths. Only a youth, he was killed nonetheless by
Rhoetus, one of the
Centaurs.[5]
Corythus, an
Iberian, beloved of
Heracles. Was said to have been the first to devise a helmet (
Greekkorys,
gen.korythos), which took its name from him.[6]
Corythus, son of
Paris and the
nymphOenone. After Paris abandoned Oenone, she sent the boy, now grown, to
Troy, where he fell in love with Helen, and she received him warmly. Paris, discovering this, killed him, not recognizing his own son. Corythus was also said to have been, instead, the son of
Helen and Paris.[9]
Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.
Online version at theio.com.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.
Corythus, one of the
Lapiths. Only a youth, he was killed nonetheless by
Rhoetus, one of the
Centaurs.[5]
Corythus, an
Iberian, beloved of
Heracles. Was said to have been the first to devise a helmet (
Greekkorys,
gen.korythos), which took its name from him.[6]
Corythus, son of
Paris and the
nymphOenone. After Paris abandoned Oenone, she sent the boy, now grown, to
Troy, where he fell in love with Helen, and she received him warmly. Paris, discovering this, killed him, not recognizing his own son. Corythus was also said to have been, instead, the son of
Helen and Paris.[9]
Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.
Online version at theio.com.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.