Eurymedon (charioteer)
Eurymedon ( Greek Εὐρυμέδων ) is a figure in Greek mythology .
According to Homer's Iliad, Eurymedon was the son of Ptolemy and grandson of Peiraios; he served King Agamemnon as a charioteer. After the Trojan War he was one of his master's companions on his return to Mycenae and, like him , was killed by Aigisthus , the lover of Agamemnon's wife Klytaimnestra . In Mycenae, according to Pausanias , his alleged tomb was shown next to that of Agamemnon.
literature
- Karl Tuempel : Eurymedon 3). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Sp. 1334.