Editing Eurytion

'''Eurytion''' {{IPAc-en|j|ʊəˈr|ɪ|ʃ|ən}} ([[Ancient Greek]]: Εὐρυτίων,<ref>gen.: Εὐρυτίωνος</ref> "widely honoured") or '''Eurythion''' {{IPAc-en|j|ʊəˈr|ɪ|θ|i|ə|n}} (Εὐρυθίων) was a name attributed to several individuals in [[Greek mythology]]:

*[[Eurytion (king of Phthia)|Eurytion]], the king of [[Phthia]].<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], 1.74</ref>
*Eurytion, a [[Centaur]] of [[Arcadia (ancient region)|Arcadia]] who demanded to marry the daughter of [[Dexamenus]] of [[Olenus (Achaea)|Olenus]], either Mnesimache or [[Deianira]], or who threatened violence against his daughter Hippolyte on the day of her marriage to [[Azan (mythology)|Azan]]. Her father was forced to agree, but [[Heracles]] intervened on her behalf and killed the wild horse-man.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.5.5 2.5.5]</ref><ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 31 & 33</ref><ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.33.1</ref>
*Eurytion, another [[Centaur]], of [[Thessaly]], who attempted to carry off the bride of [[Peirithous]], king of the Lapiths, on their wedding day. He and his fellows were killed in the fight with the Lapiths that followed, the [[Centauromachy]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 5.10.8</ref><ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 21.295</ref> Ovid refers to him as "Eurytus",<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 12.219</ref> and by his Latinized Greek name "Eurytion".<ref>Ovid, ''[[Ars Amatoria]]'' 1.593</ref>
*Eurytion, and the two-headed dog [[Orthrus]], were the guardians of the cattle of [[Geryon]] and were killed by Heracles.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.5.10</ref><ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 293</ref><ref>[[Tzetzes]] on [[Lycophron]], 651</ref><ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] on ''[[Aeneid]]'' 8.299</ref>
*Eurytion, a [[Troy|Trojan]] archer during the [[Trojan War]], son of Lycaon and brother of [[Pandarus]]. He participated in the funeral games of [[Anchises]].<ref>[[Virgil]], ''Aeneid'' 5.514</ref>
*Eurytion, a defender of [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]] against the Seven, was killed by [[Parthenopaeus]].<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' 9.749</ref>
* Eurytion, an alternate name for a [[Giants (Greek mythology)#Named Giants|Gigas]] who was slain by [[Artemis]].<ref>Apollodorus. (trans.) Frazer, Sir James George. ''The Library, Volume I''. Harvard University Press, 1921.; pg. 46.</ref>

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