Eryx (mythology)
The king of the city Eryx in Sicily
In
Greek mythology
,
Eryx
(
Ancient Greek
: Ἔρυξ) may refer to the following personages:
Eryx, a king of the city of
Eryx
in
Sicily
. He was either the son of
Poseidon
[
1
]
or of
Aphrodite
and
Butes the Argonaut
of the
Elymian
people of Sicily who she spent several nights with at
Lilybaeum
to make
Adonis
jealous.
[
2
]
[
3
]
Eryx was an excellent
boxer
but died when
Heracles
beat him in a match.
[
4
]
Eryx, one of the supporters of
Phineus
. He was turned to stone by
Perseus
with the head of the
Gorgon
Medusa
.
[
5
]
^
Apollodorus
,
2.5.10
^
Diodorus Siculus
,
4.22.6–23.3
&
4.83 1–4
^
Graves, Robert (1960).
The Greek Myths
. London: Penguin Books. pp.
70
.
ISBN
9780140171990
.
^
Virgil
,
Aeneid
5.387–484
^
Ovid
,
Metamorphoses
5.195 ff