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Eryx (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
,
Eryx
may
refer to
the following personages:
Eryx, a
king of
the
city of
Eryx in
Sicily
. He was either the son of
Poseidon
or of
Aphrodite
and
Butes
the
Argonaut
of the
Elymian
people
of Sicily who she
spent
several
nights
with at
Lilybaeum
to make
Adonis
jealous
. Eryx was an
excellent
boxer
but
died
when
Heracles
beat
him in a
match
.
Eryx, one of the
supporters
of
Phineus
, was
turned
to
stone
by
Perseus
with the
head
of the
Gorgon
Medusa
.
