Editing Eurypylus

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Eurypylus''' ({{IPAc-en|j|ʊəˈr|ɪ|p|ɪ|l|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Εὐρύπυλος|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]], 9.27.6–7; 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, 2.4.9–10</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]] 7.26–27</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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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Athenaeus|Athenaeus of Naucratis]], ''The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned.'' London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0003 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Athenaeus of Naucratis, ''Deipnosophistae''. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0001 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
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* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Theocritus]], ''Idylls'' from ''The Greek Bucolic Poets t''ranslated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1912. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TheocritusIdylls1.html Online version at theoi.com]
* Theocritus, ''Idylls'' edited by R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0228 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]], ''Book of Histories,'' Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades2.html Online version at theio.com]

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