Eurytion (Arcadian Centaur)

Heracles fighting against centaurs

Eurytion ( ancient Greek Εὐρυτίων ) or Eurythion is a centaur of Greek mythology .

Eurytion tried to olenischen King Dexamenos to compel him his daughter Deianeira , Mnesimache or Hippolyte to give to the woman. However, Heracles managed to kill the Centaur before they married.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hyginus , Fabulae 33
2. ↑ Library of Apollodor 2,5,5
3. ^ Diodor , Historical Library 4.33

Web links

• Eurytion in the Theoi Project

literature

• Konrad Seeliger : Eurytion 3) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . tape 1 , Dept. 1: Aba - Evan. Teubner, Leipzig 1886, Sp. 1434 ( digitized version ).