Eryx

In Greek mythology, Eryx (Ancient Greek: Ἔρυξ) may refer to the following personages:

Eryx, a king of the city of Eryx in Sicily. He was either the son of Poseidon[1] or of Aphrodite and Butes the Argonaut of the Elymian people of Sicily who she spent several nights with at Lilybaeum to make Adonis jealous.[2][3] Eryx was an excellent boxer but died when Heracles beat him in a match.[4]
Eryx, one of the supporters of Phineus, was turned to stone by Perseus with the head of the Gorgon Medusa.[5]

Notes

Apollodorus, 2.5.10
Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.22.6–23.3 & 4.83 1–4
Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. London: Penguin Books. pp. 70. ISBN 9780140171990.
Virgil, Aeneid 5.387–484

Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.195 ff

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 4.59–8. 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. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. . Greek text .
Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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