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In Greek mythology, Eurytion referred to three different people. Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ...

  1. One was the King of Phthia and father of Antigone. In Phthia, Peleus was purified by Eurytion for the murder of Phocus and married Antigone, Eurytion's daughter. Peleus accidentally killed Eurytion during the hunt for the Calydonian Boar and fled Phthia.
  2. Son of Ares and the Hesperid Erytheia, who bore him "beside the silver-rooted boundless waters of the river Tartessus, in the hollow of a rock. He was the guardian of the cattle of Geryon and was killed by Heracles.
  3. A Trojan archer during the Trojan War. (Virgil V, 514).
  4. An Argonaut, son of Kenethos and Cerion.

Alternative: Eurythion Phthia (Greek: Φθίη Transliterations:, Modern: Fthii, Ancient: PhthiÄ“) is an ancient region of Greece, at the southern part of Magnesia, on the both sides of Othrys mountain. ... A painting of Antigone by Frederic Leighton There were two women named Antigone (like her ancestors) in Greek mythology. ... Phthia (Greek: Φθίη Transliterations:, Modern: Fthii, Ancient: PhthiÄ“) is an ancient region of Greece, at the southern part of Magnesia, on the both sides of Othrys mountain. ... In Greek mythology, Pēleús (Greek: Πηλεύς) was the son of Aeacus, King of Aegina. ... In Greek mythology, two different people bore the name Phocus. ... The Calydonian Hunt shown on a Roman frieze (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) The Calydonian Boar is one of the many monsters in Greek mythology, which met its end in the Calydonian Hunt, a popular subject in classical art. ... This article is about Ares, the Greek god of war. ... For the ancient Greek city Hesperides see Benghazi. ... For the ancient Greek city Hesperides see Benghazi. ... Tartessos (also Tartessus) was a harbor city on the south coast of Spain, at the mouth of the Guadalquivir. ... In Greek mythology, Geryon (aka Geyron), son of Chrysaor and Callirhoe, was a winged giant made from three entire human bodies conjoined at the waist. ... Statue of Heracles In Greek mythology, Heracles, or Heraklês (glory of Hera, ηρακλης) was the demigod son of Zeus and Alcmene, the grand-son of Perseus and the wife of Amphitryon. ... Walls of the excavated city of Troy (Turkey) This article is about the city of Troy / Ilion as described in the works of Homer, and the location of an ancient city associated with it. ... The Trojan War was a war waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor by the armies of the Achaeans, following the kidnapping (or elopement) of Helen of Sparta by Paris of Troy. ... A sculpture of Virgil, probably from the 1st century AD. Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC–19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that... The Black Sea near the shore of Colchis. ... In Greek mythology, Eurytion referred to three different people. ...


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Eurytion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (157 words)
In Phthia, Peleus was purified by Eurytion for the murder of Phocus and married Antigone, Eurytion's daughter.
Peleus accidentally killed Eurytion during the hunt for the Calydonian Boar and fled Phthia.
Son of Ares and the Hesperid Erytheia, who bore him "beside the silver-rooted boundless waters of the river Tartessus, in the hollow of a rock.
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