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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Eurypylus''' ({{IPAc-en|j|ΚΙΛr|Ιͺ|p|Ιͺ|l|Ι|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ξα½ΟΟΟΟ Ξ»ΞΏΟ|Eurupulos|wide-gated}}) was the name of several different people: * [[Eurypylus (king of Thessaly)|Eurypylus]], was a [[Thessaly|Thessalian]] king, son of [[Euaemon]] and [[Ops (Greek mythology)|Ops]]. He was a former suitor of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]] thus he led the Thessalians during [[Trojan War]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.10.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Eurypylus 3.10.8]; [[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.735&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Eurypylus 2.735]</ref> * [[Eurypylus (son of Telephus)|Eurypylus]], was son of [[Telephus]] and [[Astyoche]].<ref>[[Dictys Cretensis]], [https://topostext.org/work/152#2.5 2.5]</ref> He was a great warrior, who led a [[Mysian]] contingent that fought alongside the [[Troy|Trojans]] against the Greeks in the [[Trojan War]], and was killed by [[Achilles]]' son [[Neoptolemus]]. * [[Eurypylus (king of Cos)|Eurypylus]], son of [[Poseidon]] and king of [[Kos|Cos]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Eurypylus 2.7.1]; [[Theocritus]], ''[[Idyll]]'' 8.5 with [[scholia]]</ref> * [[Eurypylus (of Cyrene)|Eurypylus]], another son of Poseidon by the [[Pleiades|Pleiad]] [[Celaeno]]. He ruled over the [[Fortunate Islands]].<ref>Apollodorus, 3.10.1</ref> * Eurypylus, the [[Thespiae|Thespian]] son of [[Heracles]] and [[Eubote]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Eurypylus 2.7.8]</ref> daughter of King [[Thespius]] of [[Thespiae]].<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.10</ref> Eurypylus and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night,<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.27.6β7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, ''Orat.'' IV, ''Contra Julianum'' I (Migne ''S. Gr.'' 35.661)</ref> for a week<ref>[[Athenaeus]], 13.4 with [[Herodorus]] as the authority; [[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.29.3, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#note51 f.n. 51]</ref> or in the course of 50 days<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades2.html 2.224]</ref> while hunting for the [[Lion of Cithaeron|Cithaeronian lion]].<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.9β10</ref> Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] while the remaining forty, joined by [[Iolaus]], were dispatched to the island of [[Sardinia]] to found a colony.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.7.6</ref> * Eurypylus, a [[Pleuron (Aetolia)|Pleuronian]] prince as the son of King [[Thestius]] and [[Eurythemis]], daughter of [[Cleoboea]]. He was the brother of [[Althaea (mythology)|Althaea]], [[Leda (mythology)|Leda]], [[Hypermnestra (daughter of Thestius)|Hypermnestra]], [[Evippus]], [[Plexippus]] and [[Iphiclus (mythology)|Iphiclus]]. Eurypylus participated in the hunt for the [[Calydonian Boar]], during which he insulted [[Atalanta]] and was killed by [[Meleager]].<ref>Apollodorus, 1.7.10</ref> * Eurypylus, son of [[Telestor]] and father of [[Asterodia]] who became the wife of [[Icarius of Sparta|Icarius]] of [[Sparta]].<ref>[[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] in scholia on Homer's ''[[Odyssey]]'' 15.16</ref> * Eurypylus, an [[Olenus (Aetolia)|Olenian]] prince as the son of King [[Dexamenus]]. He was the brother of [[Theronice]], [[Theraephone]]<ref>Pausanias, 5.3.3</ref> and [[Deianira]],<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 31 & 33</ref> also known as [[Mnesimache]]<ref>Apollodorus, [http://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus2.html 2.5.5]</ref> or [[Hippolyte (mythology)|Hippolyte]].<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [http://www.theoi.com/Text/DiodorusSiculus4B.html 4.33.1]</ref> Eurypylus accompanied [[Heracles]] in his Trojan campaign. According to [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], some authors related of him, and not of the son of [[Euaemon]], the story of the cursed chest.<ref>Pausanias, 7.19.9</ref> * Eurypylus, a prince of [[Tiryns]] as son of King [[Eurystheus]] and possibly [[Antimache]], daughter of [[Amphidamas]] of [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]]. He and his brothers [[Eurybius]] and [[Perimedes]] were all slain by [[Heracles]] when at a sacrificial meal in honor of his [[Twelve Labors]] being completed they served him a smaller portion of meat than they did for themselves.<ref name=":1">[[Athenaeus]], [https://topostext.org/work/218#4.158 4.158] (p. 219)</ref> Eurypylus' other possible siblings were [[Admete]],<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 2.5.9]</ref> [[Alexander (mythology)|Alexander]], [[Iphimedon]] and [[Mentor (Greek myth)|Mentor]].<ref>Apollodorus, 2.8.1</ref> * Eurypylus, one of the [[Suitors of Penelope|Suitors]] of [[Penelope]] who came from [[Dulichium]] along with other 56 wooers.<ref>Apollodorus, [[Epitome]] 7.26β27</ref> He, with the other suitors, was slain by [[Odysseus]] with the aid of [[Eumaeus]], [[Philoetius (Odyssey)|Philoetius]], and [[Telemachus]].<ref>Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33</ref> * Eurypylus, a son of [[Temenus]], brother of [[Agelaus]], Callias and [[Hyrnetho]]. As Temenus intended to leave his kingdom to Hyrnetho and [[Deiphontes]], Eurypylus and his brothers hired assassins to kill Temenus, but the army still supported their sister and her husband.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.8.5</ref> * Eurypylus, father of two daughters [[Morphe]] and [[Clyte]], who were said to have been the first prostitutes in history.<ref>Scholia on [[Euripides]], ''[[Hippolytus (play)|Hippolytus]]'' 408 with reference to [[Aelius Herodianus|Herodianus]] the scholiast specifically stresses that this Eurypylus is distinct from Eurypylus of Cos</ref>
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