Euryalus (son of Mekisteus)
Euryalos ( Greek Εὐρύαλος ) was in Greek mythology the son of Mekisteus , a nobleman from Argos . He took part in the Argonaut train . He also took part in the victorious campaign of the Epigones against Thebes . He also acted with Diomedes as guardian of the Argive heir to the throne Kyanippus , the son or grandson of King Adrastus . As one of the commanders of the Argiver contingent, Euryalus went to the Trojan War together with Diomedes and Sthenelos . Epeios , described by some sources as the builder of the Trojan Horse , defeated Euryalus in a fist fight at the organization of funeral games for Patroclus . According to the author of Posthomerica , Quintus de Smyrna , Euryalus was also one of the Greeks who got on the Trojan horse.
Euryalus was depicted next to Diomedes in a group of statues of the Epigones, consecrated by the Argives in Delphi . On the iliupersis by the painter Polygnot located in Delphi , Euryalus was depicted as a fighting hero with a head wound.
literature
- Wagner: Euryalos 2). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 1317.
Remarks
- ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 9, 16, 9.
- ↑ Apollodorus 3, 7, 2, 3; Pausanias 2, 20, 5.
- ↑ Homer , Iliad 2, 566; 6, 20-28; Apollodorus 1, 9, 13, 2, Pausanias 2, 30, 10; Dictys Cretensis 1, 14; Tzetzes , Homerica 114.
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 23: 677-699.
- ^ Quintus of Smyrna 4: 472-494.
- ^ Pausanias 10:10 , 4.
- ^ Pausanias 10:25 , 6.