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πŸ‘€ Eurystheus

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  • Information
    assigns Heracles his labors
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212087
    Trismegistos
    https://www.trismegistos.org/name/46362
    Digital LIMC
    https://ark.dasch.swiss/ark:/72163/1/080E/i7wY7UivR4uWMyO=jNRq7Qx
    Gender
    Male
    Death
    Death is narrated
    Son of
    πŸ‘€ Sthenelos (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ Nicippe (Argive)πŸ‘€ Antibia
    Father of
    πŸ‘€ Admete (Argive)πŸ‘€ Alexandros (Argive)πŸ‘€ IphimedonπŸ‘€ Eurybios (s. of Eurystheus)πŸ‘€ Mentor (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ Perimedes (Mycenaean)πŸ‘₯ the Sons of Eurystheus
    Husband of
    πŸ‘€ Antimache
    Ruler of
    🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)🌍 Tiryns (Argolid)🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese)🌍 Argos (city)
    Kills
    πŸ‘₯ the Cattle of Geryon
    Dies at
    🌍 the Rocks of Sceiron (Megarid)🌍 the Megarid🌍 Tricorynthos (Attica)🌍 Marathon (Attica)🌍 Attica
    Killed by
    πŸ‘€ Hyllos (s. of Deianeira)πŸ‘€ IolaosπŸ‘₯ the Children of Heracles
    Buried at
    🌍 Gargettos (Attica)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Eurystheus (Megarid)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of the Head of Eurystheus (Tricorynthos)
    Body parts
    🏺 the Head of Eurystheus
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ Alcyone (Argive)πŸ‘€ Medousa (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ Nicippe (Argive)πŸ‘€ Sthenelos (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ AlcmeneπŸ‘€ EileithyiaπŸ‘€ HeraπŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian)πŸ‘€ Heracles🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)🌍 Tiryns (Argolid)🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at DelphiπŸ‘€ the Nemean Lion🏺 the Bow of Heracles🏺 the Club of HeraclesπŸ›οΈ the Cave of the Nemean Lion (Argolid)🌍 Nemea (Argolid)🌍 Cleonai (Argolid)πŸ‘€ CopreusπŸ‘€ Iolaos🏺 the Sword of Heracles🌍 Lerna (Argolid)πŸ‘€ the HydraπŸ‘€ the Lernaian Crab🌍 Spring and River Amymone (Argolid)πŸ‘€ the Cerynitian Deer🌍 River Ladon (Arcadia)🌍 ArcadiaπŸ‘€ the Erymanthian Boar🌍 Psophis (Arcadia)🌍 Mount Erymanthos (Arcadia)πŸ‘€ Augeias (Elian)πŸ‘€ Phyleus🌍 River Alpheios (Peloponnese)🌍 River Peneios (Elis)πŸ‘₯ the Cattle of AugeiasπŸ›οΈ the Stables of Augeias (Elis)πŸ‘₯ the Stymphalian Birds🌍 Stymphalos (Arcadia)🏺 the Bronze Rattle🌍 the Stymphalian Marshes (Arcadia)πŸ‘€ the Cretan Bull🌍 Crete (island)πŸ‘€ Minos (Cretan I)πŸ‘₯ the Mares of Diomedes🌍 the Land of the Bistones (Thrace)πŸ‘€ Admete (Argive)πŸ‘€ Hippolyte (Amazon I)🏺 the War-Belt of Hippolyte🌍 Troy (Troad)🌍 Themiscyra (Pontos)🌍 Ainos (Thrace)🌍 Thasos (island)🌍 Torone (Chalcidice)πŸ‘₯ the Cattle of GeryonπŸ‘€ Geryon🏺 the Golden Cup of Helios🌍 Thrace (N. Greece)🌍 the Ionian Sea🌍 Erytheia (unlocatable)🌍 Tartessos (Spain)🌍 Abderia (Spain)🌍 Ligystine (Spain)🌍 River Anthemous (Chalcidice)🌍 Rhegion (Italy)🌍 Sicily (island)🌍 the Hellespont🌍 River Strymon (Thrace)🌍 the Tyrrhenian Sea🌍 Eryx (Sicily)πŸ‘₯ the Hesperides🏺 the Golden Apples of the Hesperides🌍 the Garden of the Hesperides (unlocatable)πŸ‘€ Cerberos (dog)🌍 the Underworld🌍 Troizen (Argolid)🌍 the Gates of Acheron (Underworld)πŸ‘€ Ceyx (Thessalian)🌍 Trachis (Thessaly)πŸ‘₯ the Children of HeraclesπŸ‘€ Alexandros (Argive)πŸ‘€ Eurybios (s. of Eurystheus)πŸ‘€ IphimedonπŸ‘€ Perimedes (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ Mentor (Mycenaean)πŸ‘€ Hyllos (s. of Deianeira)🌍 the Rocks of Sceiron (Megarid)πŸ‘€ AntimacheπŸ‘€ Athena🌍 River Styx (Underworld)πŸ‘€ Ate🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis)🌍 Asine (Argolid)πŸ‘₯ the Dryopes🌍 Tainaron (Laconia)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Pheneos (Arcadia)🌍 Athens (Attica)πŸ‘€ TheseusπŸ‘€ Macaria (Heraclid)🌍 River Erymanthos (Arcadia)🌍 the Megarid🌍 AtticaπŸ‘€ HermesπŸ‘€ IphiclesπŸ‘€ Diomedes (Thracian)πŸ›οΈ the House of Admetos (Pherai)🌍 Pherai (Thessaly)πŸ‘€ Molossos (rationalized)πŸ›οΈ the Cave at Tainaron (Tainaron)πŸ‘₯ the Centaurs🌍 Tricarenia (rationalized)πŸ‘€ Artemis🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans🌍 River Istros (Europe)🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese)🌍 Mount Lampeia (Arcadia)πŸ‘€ Pasiphae (Cretan)🌍 River Thermodon (Pontos)🌍 the Black Sea🌍 Egypt🌍 Libya (North Africa)🌍 Gadeira (Iberia)🌍 Croton (Italy)🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece)πŸ›οΈ the Pillars of Heracles🌍 Epizephyrian Locris (Italy)🌍 the Strait of Messina🌍 Etruria (Italy)🌍 Liguria (Italy)🌍 Himera (Sicily)🌍 the Palatine Hill (Rome)🌍 Syracuse (Sicily)🌍 Iberia (W. Europe)🌍 Aigesta (Sicily)🌍 Hecatompylos (N. Africa)🌍 Alesia (Gaul)🌍 the Phlegraian Plain (Campania)🌍 Agyrion (Sicily)🌍 Poseidonia (Italy)🌍 Pelorias (Sicily)🌍 Leontini (Sicily)πŸ›οΈ the Route through the Graian Alps🌍 Lake Avernus (Campania)πŸ‘€ PersephoneπŸ‘€ Ladon (serpent)🏺 the Jar of Eurystheus🌍 Old Hermion (Argolid)🌍 the Land of the Dryopes🌍 Eion (Argolid)🌍 the Land of the Cicones (Thrace)πŸ‘€ Iphitos (Argonaut II)🌍 Tricorynthos (Attica)πŸ‘₯ the Sons of Licymnios expelled by EurystheusπŸ‘₯ the Sons of EurystheusπŸ‘€ Atreus🌍 Argos (city)🌍 Marathon (Attica)🌍 Gargettos (Attica)πŸ‘€ AntibiaπŸ‘€ Demophon (Athenian)🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Eurystheus (Megarid)🏺 the Head of EurystheusπŸ›οΈ the Tomb of the Head of Eurystheus (Tricorynthos)
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.4.5πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.4.12-2.5.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.2πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.3πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.4πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.5πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.6πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.7πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.8πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.9πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.10πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.11πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.12πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.8.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.9.2πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 8.357-8.380πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 15.630-15.652πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 19.95-19.124πŸ“– Homer, Iliad 19.112-19.124πŸ“– Pausanias 4.34.9-4.34.11πŸ“– Pausanias 4.36.1-4.36.5πŸ“– Pausanias 3.25.5-3.25.6πŸ“– Pausanias 8.14.1-8.14.3πŸ“– Pausanias 1.32.6πŸ“– Pausanias 8.17.6-8.18.6πŸ“– Pausanias 8.24.5πŸ“– Pausanias 1.44.10πŸ“– Homer, Odyssey 11.601-11.627πŸ“– Homeric Hymn 15 to Heracles 1-9πŸ“– Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 77-93πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 64-76πŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 476-506πŸ“– Panyassis, Heracleia fr. 15 WestπŸ“– Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 38πŸ“– Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 39πŸ“– Exerpta Vaticana 5πŸ“– Lucian, Parliament of the Gods 7πŸ“– Lucian, Zeus Rants 21πŸ“– Pindar, Olympian 3 1-45πŸ“– Pindar, Pythian 9 76-103πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 2.45.1-2.46.6πŸ“– Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 133 MostπŸ“– Euripides, Alcestis 1117-1160πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.9.4-4.9.7πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.10.6-4.10.7πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.11.3-4.11.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.11.5-4.11.6πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.12.1-4.12.2πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.12.3-4.12.8πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.13.1πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.13.2πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.13.3πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.13.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.15.3-4.15.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.16.1-4.16.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.17.1-4.25.1πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.25.1-4.26.1πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.26.2-4.26.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.33.1-4.33.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.37.1-4.37.2πŸ“– Pindar fr. 169a Snell-MaehlerπŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.48.1-4.48.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.57.1-4.57.6πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.58.1-4.58.4πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 3.74.1-3.74.6πŸ“– Strabo 8.6.19πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 8.368πŸ“– Servius, Scholia on Georgics 3.4πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 11.698πŸ“– D-Scholia, Iliad 19.119πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39πŸ“– Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia fr. 23a-c HarderπŸ“– Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 33πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.273-9.323πŸ“– Critias FragTrag fr. 1 = fr. 1 Snell-KannichtπŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.159-9.272πŸ“– Critias FragTrag rep. 1 = fr. 1 Snell-KannichtπŸ“– Critias FragTrag fr. 5-8 = fr. 4a-7 Snell-KannichtπŸ“– Eustathios, Commentary on Homer's Odyssey 1405.34-1405.38πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 9
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHomer, IliadPausaniasHomer, Odyssey Homeric Hymn 15 to HeraclesHesiod, Shield of HeraclesEuripides, AlcestisPanyassis, HeracleiaPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories Exerpta VaticanaLucian, Parliament of the GodsLucian, Zeus RantsPindar, Olympian 3Pindar, Pythian 9Diodoros, LibraryHesiod, EhoiaiPindarStraboD-Scholia, IliadServius, Scholia on GeorgicsVergil, GeorgicsScholia on Callimachus, AetiaAntoninus Liberalis, MetamorphosesOvid, MetamorphosesCritiasEustathios, Commentary on Homer's OdysseyOvid, Heroides
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Hecataios of MiletosHomer, IliadDionysios ScytobrachionVergil, GeorgicsCallimachus, AetiaRhianosPherecydes of Athens
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Hecataios of Miletos fr. 27a FowlerπŸ“– Homer, Iliad 8.357-8.380πŸ“– Dionysios Scytobrachion fr. 28 RustenπŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39πŸ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 77c HarderπŸ“– Rhianos fr. 9 PowellπŸ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 23 HarderπŸ“– Pherecydes of Athens fr. 84 Fowler
    Depictions
    🎨 Metopes of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (Olympia East 1-6; West 1-6; LIMC Amazones 97)🎨 Attic Black-Figure Lekythos attributed to the Leagros Group, possibly the Acheloos Painter (Nicholson NM46.52)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa dei Quadretti Teatrali I 6, 11, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p11-space-b)🎨 Wall Painting from the Basilica at Herculaneum (MANN 9006; LIMC Herakles 2159)🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Centenario IX 8, 3.7, Pompeii (PALP r9-i8-p3-space-2)🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B1685; LIMC Herakles 2136)🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia E161)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Asine (Messenia)
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