Eryx
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In Greek mythology, Eryx was a king of the city of Eryx in Sicily. He was either the son of Poseidon[1] or Aphrodite and King Butes of the Elymian people of Sicily.[2] Eryx was an excellent boxer but died when Heracles beat him in a match.[3]
A different Eryx, one of the supporters of Phineus, was turned to stone by Perseus with the head of the Gorgon Medusa.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Apollodorus, Library 2.5.10.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.22.6–23.3, 4.83 1–4.
- ^ Virgil. Aeneid. Book V, 387–484.
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.195 ff..
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