Cyathus

The youthful cup-bearer of Oeneus, was killed by Heracles on account of a fault committed in the discharge of his duty. He was honored at Phlius with a sanctuary close by the temple of Apollo. In other traditions Cyathus is called Eurynomus.1

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References

Notes

  1. Diodorus Siculus, iv, 36.

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 13.8.
  • 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.