Erymanthus

A son of Apollo, was blinded by Aphrodite, because he had seen her in the bath. Apollo, in revenge, metamorphosed himself into a wild boar, and killed Aphrodite's favorite, Adonis.

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References

Sources

  • Ptolemaeus Hephaestus, i, 306.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.