Eurytion (Arcadian Centaur)
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
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 ).