Eurystheus
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from Ancient Greek Εὐρυσθεύς (Eurustheús).
Proper noun edit
Eurystheus
- (Greek mythology) A Mycenaean king of Tiryns (or, according to some authors, of Argos), in Argolis, who imposed the twelve labours on Heracles.
- 1991, Transactions of the American Philological Association, Scholars Press, page 129:
- "But why hasn't Iolaus killed Eurystheus?," she asks. In a witticism very much akin to Electra's "But where are the messengers?," Euripides has Alcmene ask, essentially, why the plot she is part of has just swerved from its expected course: Iolaus is supposed to kill Eurystheus, by tradition.
- 1993, Timothy Gantz, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Volume 2, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 381:
- Already we have seen from Iliad 19 and the birth of Eurystheus that at an early stage of the tradition Herakles was destined to be subordinate to his cousin.
- 2003, Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, Tragedy and Athenian Religion[1], Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington Books), page 323:
- There is a different kind of religious reference at 989-90, where Eurystheus claims that it was Hera who had afflicted him with the enmity towards Heracles.
Usage notes edit
- Eurystheus appears (as king of Argos) in Euripides' Heracleidae ("Children of Heracles").
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Εὐρυσθεύς (Eurustheús).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈrys.tʰeu̯s/, [ɛu̯ˈrʏs̠t̪ʰɛu̯s̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯ˈris.teu̯s/, [eu̯ˈrist̪eu̯s]
Proper noun edit
Eurysthe͡us m sg (genitive Eurystheī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Eurystheus |
| Genitive | Eurystheī |
| Dative | Eurystheō |
| Accusative | Eurystheum |
| Ablative | Eurystheō |
| Vocative | Eurysthee |
References edit
- “Eurystheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press