Eurybatus
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In Greek mythology/history
Eurybatus can also mean
See also Eurybates
, the Achaean herald of the Iliad
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In Greek mythology/history
- Eurybatus, one of the ArgonautsArgonautsThe Argonauts ) were a band of heroes in Greek mythology who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo, which was named after its builder, Argus. "Argonauts", therefore, literally means...
http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/argonauts.htm - One of the commanders of the Battle of SybotaBattle of SybotaThe Battle of Sybota took place in 433 BC between Corcyra and Corinth, and was, according to Thucydides, the largest naval battle between Greek city states until that time. It was one of the immediate catalysts for the Peloponnesian War....
- A warrior who slew the beast lamiaLamia (mythology)In ancient Greek mythology, Lamia was a beautiful queen of Libya who became a child-eating daemon. Aristophanes claimed her name derived from the Greek word for gullet , referring to her habit of devouring children....
- One of a pair of chthonicChthonicChthonic designates, or pertains to, deities or spirits of the underworld, especially in relation to Greek religion. The Greek word khthon is one of several for "earth"; it typically refers to the interior of the soil, rather than the living surface of the land or the land as territory...
tricksters who disturbed Heracles while he served Omphale (Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths 1955.) - Eurybatus of Ephesus, who betrayed Croesus to Cyrus http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Croesus.html
- Eurybatus, a leader during the Peloponnesian WarPeloponnesian WarThe Peloponnesian War, 431 to 404 BC, was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases...
Eurybatus can also mean
- Eurybatus (genus), an insect genus http://www.vitalieghianda.it/vitalfranz/specie.asp?Id=39&Tipo=T
See also Eurybates
Eurybates
In Greek mythology, Eurybates was the herald for the Greek armies during the Trojan War. He served as Odysseus's squire. He was described by Odysseus to Penelope as "round-shouldered, dark-skinned, and curly-haired." Odysseus is said to pay him greater regard than any other of his companions for...
, the Achaean herald of the Iliad
Iliad
The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles...
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