Eurytion, a
Centaur of
Arcadia who demanded to marry the daughter of
Dexamenus of
Olenus, either Mnesimache or
Deianira, or who threatened violence against his daughter Hippolyte on the day of her marriage to
Azan. Her father was forced to agree, but
Heracles intervened on her behalf and killed the wild horse-man.[3][4][5]
Eurytion, another
Centaur, of
Thessaly, who attempted to carry off the bride of
Peirithous, king of the Lapiths, on their wedding day. He and his fellows were killed in the fight with the Lapiths that followed, the
Centauromachy.[6][7] Ovid refers to him as "Eurytus",[8] and by his Latinized Greek name "Eurytion".[9]
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Eurytion, a
Centaur of
Arcadia who demanded to marry the daughter of
Dexamenus of
Olenus, either Mnesimache or
Deianira, or who threatened violence against his daughter Hippolyte on the day of her marriage to
Azan. Her father was forced to agree, but
Heracles intervened on her behalf and killed the wild horse-man.[3][4][5]
Eurytion, another
Centaur, of
Thessaly, who attempted to carry off the bride of
Peirithous, king of the Lapiths, on their wedding day. He and his fellows were killed in the fight with the Lapiths that followed, the
Centauromachy.[6][7] Ovid refers to him as "Eurytus",[8] and by his Latinized Greek name "Eurytion".[9]
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.