Eurylochus (King of Salamis)
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.
literature
- Karl Tuempel : Eurylochos 2). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Sp. 1332.
Remarks
- ↑ Arrian in Stephanos of Byzantium , s. Kychreios ; Eustathios of Thessalonike , Commentary on Dionysios Periegetes 874.
- ↑ Etymologicum magnum 707, 42.