Eurytion, aCentaur ofArcadia who demanded to marry the daughter ofDexamenus ofOlenus, either Mnesimache orDeianira, or who threatened violence against his daughter Hippolyte on the day of her marriage toAzan. Her father was forced to agree, butHeracles intervened on her behalf and killed the wild horse-man.[3][4][5]
Eurytion, anotherCentaur, ofThessaly, who attempted to carry off the bride ofPeirithous, king of the Lapiths, on their wedding day. He and his fellows were killed in the fight with the Lapiths that followed, theCentauromachy.[6][7] Ovid refers to him as "Eurytus",[8] and by his Latinized Greek name "Eurytion".[9]
Eurytion, and the two-headed dogOrthrus, were the guardians of the cattle ofGeryon and were killed by Heracles.[10][11][12][13]
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