Corythus
Greek · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Quartigod son of Helen and Paris, distinct from the more famous Corythus son of Paris and Oenone (the elder Corythus, killed by Paris in jealousy when found with Helen — a separate figure entirely). Apollodorus 3.11 explicitly attributes the Helen-mothered Corythus to "more recent writers" and lists Dictys Cretensis as the structural source. Died at the sack of Troy in the roof-collapse death shared with his brothers Bunomus and Idaeus. The dual Corythus tradition is itself notable: two sons of Paris by different mothers carrying the same name, both dying young in the war's gravity.
Parentage
Relations
- sibling: BunomusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- sibling: AganusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- sibling: IdaeusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- sibling: Helen the YoungerFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
Sources
- existence: Apollodorus 3.11 (citing more recent writers); Dictys Cretensis Bell. Trojan. v.5 (primary)
- parentage: Apollod. 3.11; Dict. Cret. v.5 (primary)