Ceryx

For the moth genus, see Ceryx (moth).

In Greek mythology, Ceryx /ˈsɪərɪks, ˈsiːrɪks/ (Ancient Greek: Κῆρυξ Kērux, literally "herald"[1]) was a member of the Athenian royal family as the son of Hermes by either the princesses, Pandrosus[2] or Agraulus.[3]

  1. ^ Robin Hard. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology (2004)
  2. ^ Scholia to Homer's Iliad, I 334
  3. ^ Pausanias, 1.38.3; Parada, p. 44.