Eurypylus son of Telephus
Greek · scion · trojan war · Recorded classification
Scion-tier son of Telephus (quartigod son of Heracles by Auge). King of the Mysian Ceteians per Homer (Odyssey 11.521). Brought to Troy by Priam's gift of the chrysampelos (Zeus's gift to Tros as compensation for Ganymede). Killed at Troy by Neoptolemus son of Achilles — the death structurally closing the Heracles-Achilles cross-generational rivalry: the grandson of Heracles killed by the son of Achilles, completing the trajectory begun when Telephus's spear-wound from Achilles required the Mysian neutrality-pledge that Eurypylus had to overcome to join the war. Homer's Odysseus (Odyssey 11.519-22) calls Eurypylus the most handsome warrior to die at Troy, save Memnon.
Parentage
- father: TelephusHomer, Odyssey 11.519-22 (primary)
- parent: Astyoche daughter of Laomedon
Powers
- Slew the healer Machaon and routed Greek champions
Relations
- father: TelephusHomer, Odyssey 11.519-22 (primary)
- mother: Astyoche (sister of Priam per most recensions; mother of Eurypylus) · GreekApollod. Epit. 5.12; Quintus Smyrnaeus 6.135-188 (primary)
- killed by: Neoptolemus / Pyrrhus (son of Achilles, sacker of Troy; not registered as Aeacid cascade) · GreekHomer, Odyssey 11.519-22; Quintus Smyrnaeus 8.205-220 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Homer, Odyssey 11.519-22 (Odysseus tells the dead Achilles); Pindar, Olympian 9.71-72; Apollodorus, Epitome 5.12; Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 6.135-188, 8.205-220 (the death-narrative); Little Iliad fragments (Lesches, ed. West 2003) (primary)
- parentage: Homer, Odyssey 11.519-22; Apollod. Epit. 5.12 (primary)