Erythrus

A son of Leucon, and grandson of Athamas, or the son of Athamas.1 He was one of the suitors of Hippodamia, and the town of Erythrae, in Boeotia, was believed to have derived its name from him.

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References

Notes

  1. Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library i, 9.2.

Sources

  • Müller. Orchomenos und die Minyer, p. 210 (2nd ed.).
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece vi, 21. 71.
  • 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.