Eurytion (giant)

Heracles fighting with Geryon, dying Eurytion on the ground. Group E , side A from an Attic black-figure amphora, approx. 540 BC Chr.

Eurytion ( Greek  Εὐρυτίων ) is a giant in Greek mythology .

Eurytion was the keeper who guarded Geryon's red herds of cattle . He was later killed by Heracles while he was completing his tenth assignment.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 5, 10.