Eurypylus (son of Euæmon)

Also known as: Eurypylus · Role: son of Euæmon; king · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 19

After the capture of Ilium, Eurypylus, son of Euæmon, received a chest containing a statue of Dionysus, said by some to have been made by Hephæstus and given by Zeus to Dardanus. When Eurypylus opened the chest and saw the statue, he was driven out of his mind.

At Aroe, when he went ashore, Eurypylus recovered; the human sacrifice was stopped, and the river was renamed Milichus. Later, Axion, son of Priam, was killed by Eurypylus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Eurypylus acquired a chest containing a statue of Dionysus.(Book 7 · Chapter 19 · 📍 Ilium)
  • With: Dionysus Zeus Dardanus
  • “And after the capture of Ilium, when the Greeks shared the spoil, Eurypylus the son of Euæmon got a chest, in which there was a statue of Dionysus, the work some say of Hephæstus, and a gift of Zeus to Dardanus.”
• Eurypylus opened the chest and was driven insane by seeing Dionysus’s statue.(Book 7 · Chapter 19)
  • With: Dionysus
  • “Eurypylus opened the chest and saw the statue, and was driven out of his mind by the sight.”
• Eurypylus recovered, ending the human sacrifice and causing the river to be renamed Milichus.(Book 7 · Chapter 19 · 📍 Aroe)
  • With: Artemis
  • “And so Eurypylus got cured of his disorder, and this human sacrifice was stopped, and the river was now called Milichus (Mild).”
• Axion, son of Priam, was killed by Eurypylus.(Book 10 · Chapter 27)
  • With: Axion
  • “Lescheos says that Axion was the son of Priam, and killed by Eurypylus the son of Euæmon.”

Book 7 · Chapter 19

• parent: Euæmon “Eurypylus the son of Euæmon got a chest, in which there was a statue of Dionysus”
• with Dionysus (Eurypylus acquired the chest containing the statue of Dionysus.) “Eurypylus the son of Euæmon got a chest, in which there was a statue of Dionysus”

Book 9 · Chapter 41

• with Hephæstus (Hephæstus made the chest brought by Eurypylus.) “the chest which Eurypylus brought from Troy was made by Hephæstus”

Book 10 · Chapter 27

• with Axion (Eurypylus killed Axion.) “Axion was the son of Priam, and killed by Eurypylus the son of Euæmon.”
• parent: Euæmon “Eurypylus the son of Euæmon.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.