Eurylochus (King of Salamis)

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Eurylochos ( Greek  Εὐρύλοχος ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

It was native to Salamis and, according to a version of the legend handed down from a fragment of the historian Arrian, killed the ancient dragon of this island called Kychreus . After that he became king of Salamis.

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  1. Arrian in Stephanos of Byzantium , s. Kychreios ; Eustathios of Thessalonike , Commentary on Dionysios Periegetes 874.
  2. Etymologicum magnum 707, 42.