Eurypylus

A son of Poseidon and Astypalaea, was king of Cos, and was killed by Heracles who on his return from Troy landed in Cos, and being taken for a pirate, was attacked by its inhabitants.1

According to another tradition Heracles attacked the island of Cos, in order to obtain possession of Chalciope, the daughter of Eurypylus, whom he loved.2

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References

Notes

  1. Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library ii, 7.1, 8.
  2. Scholiast on Pindar's Nemean Odes iv, 40; comp. Homer. Iliad ii, 676; xiv, 250 ff.; xv, 25.

Source

  • 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.