A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

(Εὐρυτίων).

1. A son of Irus and Demonassa, and a grandson of Actor, is mentioned among the Argonauts. (Hyg. Fab. 14; Apollon. 1.71.) According to others he was a son of Actor, and he is also called Eurytus. (Apollod. 1.8.2; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 175.) When Peleus was expelled from his dominions, he fled to Eurytion and married his daughter Antigone; but in shooting at the Calydonian boar, Peleus inadvertently killed his father-in-law. (Apollod. 3.13. 1. &c.)