Nireus

This article is about the hero of the Trojan War. For other uses, see Nireus (mythology).

In Greek mythology, Nireus (Ancient Greek: Νιρεύς) was a king of the island Syme (according to Diodorus Siculus,[1] also of a part of Cnidia) and one of the Achaean leaders in the Trojan War. He was renowned for his outstanding beauty, being described as the second most handsome man in the Greek camp after Achilles.[2]

  1. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.53.2
  2. ^ Homer, Iliad 2.673–674; Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 204; Diodorus Siculus, 5.53.2; Hyginus, Fabulae 270; Dictys Cretensis, 1.14; Lucian, Dialogi Mortuorum 9.4, Timon 23 & Amores 23; Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.10; ad Lycophron, 1011 & 1014; Etymologicum Magnum s.v. kalliōn; Suda s.v. Nireus