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Irus (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
,
Irus
or
Iros
may
refer to
two individuals:
Irus, a son of
Actor
and
father of
Eurytion
and
Eurydamas
by
Demonassa
. When the
hero
Peleus
brought together many
sheep
and
cattle
and led them to him as
blood money
for the slaying of his son, Eurytion, Irus would not
accept
this
price
and sent the hero
away
.
Irus or
Arnaeus
, a
character
in
The
Odyssey
.