Toxeus

Son of Eurytus of Oechalia, named first among the sons slain by Heracles at the sack of Oechalia (Diod. Sic. 4.37.5). Mortal-tier. Distinct from Toxeus son of Oeneus, killed by his own father at Calydon for leaping the ditch.

Parentage

• father: EurytusDiod. Sic. 4.37.5; Scholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (primary)

Domains

• archery

Powers

• Draws the inherited Oechalian bow

Relations

• father: EurytusDiod. Sic. 4.37.5; Scholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (primary)
• mother: Antiope daughter of Pylon (Antioche in Hesiod; wife of Eurytus, unregistered second parent) · GreekScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue) (primary)
• sibling: IoleBrother of Iole. One-way relation to the already-registered sister; her entry is not edited here.Apollod. 2.7.7 (primary)
• sibling: IphitusScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354; Diod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• sibling: ClytiusDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• sibling: DeioneusScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue) (primary)
• sibling: MolionDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Diodorus Siculus 4.37.5; Apollodorus 2.7.7; Scholia to Sophocles Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue of Women) (primary); William Smith (ed.), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849), s.v. 'Toxeus (2)' (secondary)
• death-by-Heracles-at-Oechalia: Diodorus Siculus 4.37.5; Apollodorus 2.7.7 (primary)