Eurytion (king of Phthia)

For other uses, see Eurytion.

Eurytion /jʊəˈrɪʃən/ (Greek: Εὐρυτίων,[1] "widely honoured") or Eurythion /jʊəˈrɪθiən/ (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυθίων) was a king of Phthia. He was also counted among the Argonauts[2] and the Calydonian hunters. [3] The writer Tzetzes called Eurytion as Eurytus.[4]

  1. ^ gen.: Εὐρυτίωνος
  2. ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.74; Hyginus, Fabulae 14; Orphic Argonautica 179; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 175 with unknown source
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 1.8.2; Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.310
  4. ^ Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 175