Eurybates (Herald of Agamemnon)
Eurybates ( ancient Greek Εὐρυβάτης ) is a figure in Greek mythology .
He is one of the heralds of Agamemnon in the Trojan War and is sent by him together with Talthybios to the tent of Achilles to carry away the beautiful Briseis .
literature
- Konrad Seeliger : Eurybates 3 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1420 ( digitized version ).
- Ulrich Hoefer : Eurybates 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Sp. 1318.