Εὐρυσθεύς

Eurystheus

Translated by David Whitehead21 May 2003Vetting: high7 revisions

2 notes · 8 words

A proper name.¹ Also [sc. attested is] Eurystheides.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐρυσθεύς· ὄνομα κύριον. καὶ Εὐρυσθείδης.

Betacode

*eu)rusqeu/s: o)/noma ku/rion. kai\ *eu)rusqei/dhs.

1That of the king of Argos [Myth, Place], in mythology, who assigned Heracles his Labours. See generally OCD(4) s.v., and cf. under alpha 3089, eta 252. ↩
2i.e. either son or, more generally, descendant of Eurystheus. See e.g. Polyaenus 1.10.1 (war between the Eurystheidai and the Herakleidai). ↩

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