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Eurypylus of Cos

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In Greek mythology, Eurypylus /jʊəˈrɪpɪləs/ (Ancient Greek: Εὐρύπυλος Eurypylos) was a king of the island of Cos.

Family

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Eurypylus was the son of Poseidon and Astypalaea or Mestra.[1] He was the husband of Clytie and father of Chalciope, Chalcon and Antagoras.[2]

Mythology

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Heracles landed on Cos to escape a storm sent upon him by Hera, but the Coans took him for a pirate and attacked him; in a battle that ensued, Eurypylus was killed by Heracles.[3] In another version, Heracles planned the attack on Cos because he liked Eurypylus' daughter Chalciope and intended to abduct her.[4] Chalciope is indeed known as the mother of Heracles's son Thessalus.[5]

Calydonian family tree

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Notes

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  1. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai 43a.79(55)–82(58)
  2. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai 43a.84(60); Apollodorus, 2.7.1; Theocritus, Idyll 8.5 with scholia
  3. ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai 43a.85(61)–87(63); Apollodorus, 2.7.1.
  4. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Nemean Ode 4.40
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 2.7.8.

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