Alcyoneus

A youth of Crisa, the son of Diomus and Meganira. When the monster Sybaris was ravaging the countryside, he was selected by lot as a sacrifice to the beast. The hero Eurybarus loved him and volunteered to go in his stead.

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References

Sources

  • Antoninus Liberalis, 8.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.