Editing Eryx (mythology)

{{Short description|The king of the city Eryx in Sicily}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Eryx''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἔρυξ) may refer to the following personages:

* Eryx, a king of the city of [[Eryx (Sicily)|Eryx]] in [[Sicily]].  He was either the son of [[Poseidon]]<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.10&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 2.5.10]</ref> or of [[Aphrodite]] and [[Butes| Butes the Argonaut]] of the [[Elymian]] people of Sicily who she spent several nights with at [[Lilybaeum]] to make [[Adonis]] jealous.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html 4.22.6–23.3] & [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html 4.83 1–4]</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=The Greek Myths | url=https://archive.org/details/greekmythsvolume00robe | url-access=registration | publisher=Penguin Books | author=Graves, Robert | year=1960 | location=London | pages=[https://archive.org/details/greekmythsvolume00robe/page/70 70] | isbn=9780140171990}}</ref> Eryx was an excellent [[Boxing|boxer]] but died when [[Heracles]] beat him in a match.<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Verg.+A.+5.392&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054 5.387–484]</ref>
* Eryx, one of the supporters of [[Phineus (son of Belus)|Phineus]]. He was turned to stone by [[Perseus (mythology)|Perseus]] with the head of the [[Gorgon]] [[Medusa (mythology)|Medusa]].<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0074%3Abook%3D5%3Acard%3D177 5.195 ff]</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59&ndash;8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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