Eurytus of Oechalia

Image of King Eurytus of Oechalia in an Etruscan vase from Caere. Eurytus is depicted next to Heracles during a symposium. Krater of corinthian columns called Krater of Eurytus, circa 600 B.C.

In Greek mythology King Eurytus (/ˈjʊərɪtəs/; Ancient Greek: Εὔρυτος) of Oechalia (Οἰχαλίᾱ, Oikhalíā), Thessaly,[1] was a skillful archer who even said to have instructed Heracles in his art of using the bow.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Muller, Dor.xi. 11. § 1
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 2.4.9
  3. ^ Scholaist on Sophocles, Trachiniae 268
  4. ^ Theocritus, Idylls 25.105