Euryalus, one of the eight sons of
Melas, who plotted against their uncle
Oeneus and were slain by
Tydeus.[3]
Euryalus, the
Argive son of
Mecisteus[4] and
Astyoche[5] and one of the
Argonauts.[6] He attacked the city of
Thebes as one of the
Epigoni, who took the city and avenged the deaths of their fathers, who had also attempted to invade Thebes. In
Homer's Iliad, he fought in the
Trojan War, where he was brother-in-arms of
Diomedes, and one of the Greeks to enter the
Trojan Horse. He lost the boxing match to
Epeius at the funeral games for
Patroclus.[7][8] He is mentioned by
Hyginus, who gives his parents as Pallas and
Diomede.[9]
^Arafat, K. W., Classical Zeus: A Study in Art and Literature, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1990.
ISBN0-19-814912-3, pp.16, 183, 184; Akropolis 2.211 (Beazley Archive
200125; LIMCGigantes 299); British Museum E 47 (Beazley Archive
203256; LIMCGigantes 301).
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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Euryalus, one of the eight sons of
Melas, who plotted against their uncle
Oeneus and were slain by
Tydeus.[3]
Euryalus, the
Argive son of
Mecisteus[4] and
Astyoche[5] and one of the
Argonauts.[6] He attacked the city of
Thebes as one of the
Epigoni, who took the city and avenged the deaths of their fathers, who had also attempted to invade Thebes. In
Homer's Iliad, he fought in the
Trojan War, where he was brother-in-arms of
Diomedes, and one of the Greeks to enter the
Trojan Horse. He lost the boxing match to
Epeius at the funeral games for
Patroclus.[7][8] He is mentioned by
Hyginus, who gives his parents as Pallas and
Diomede.[9]
^Arafat, K. W., Classical Zeus: A Study in Art and Literature, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1990.
ISBN0-19-814912-3, pp.16, 183, 184; Akropolis 2.211 (Beazley Archive
200125; LIMCGigantes 299); British Museum E 47 (Beazley Archive
203256; LIMCGigantes 301).
Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
ISBN978-0-674-96785-4
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.