Areithoos Korynetes
Areithoos Korynetes ( Greek Ἀρηίθοος Κορυνήτης "Areithoos club swinger") is an Arcadian warrior in Greek mythology who was nicknamed "the club swinger" because he used to fight with a large iron club .
He was killed by Lykurg in a ravine where he could not use his club. Lycurgus took his armor, a gift from Ares , and later bequeathed it to Ereuthalion , who wore it when he was killed by the youthful Nestor . His grave was shown in the Mantineia area .
Elsewhere Homer reports of a club-bearer Areithoos from Arne in Boeotia , who was the father of Menesthios , a warrior killed in Paris before Troy .
Due to the time lag - Nestor was already an old man at the time of the Trojan War - the Scholiasts accepted two club throwers named Areithoos , one Arcadier (grandfather of Menesthios) and one Boeotier (father of Menesthios).
literature
- Fritz Graf : Areithoos. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , Sp. 1045.
- Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen : Areithoos 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 633.
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Areithoos . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 477 ( digitized version ).