Euryalus

Euryalus (Ancient Greek: Εὐρύαλος) refers to several different characters from Greek mythology and classical literature:

  1. In the Aeneid by Virgil, Nisus and Euryalus are ideal friends and lovers, who died during a raid on the Rutulians.
  2. Euryalus was the son of Mecisteus. He attacked the city of Thebes as one of the Epigoni, who took the city and avenged the deaths of their fathers, who had also attempted to invade Thebes. In Homer's Iliad, he fought in the Trojan War, where he was brother-in-arms of Diomedes, and one of the Greeks to enter the Trojan Horse. He lost the boxing match to Epeius at the funeral games for Patrocles. He is mentioned by Hyginus, who gives his parents as Pallas and Diomede.
  3. Euryalus was the name of a son of Euippe and Odysseus, who was mistakenly slain by his father.
  4. Euryalus was the name of two of Penelope's suitors, one of whom came from Zacynthus, and the other one from Dulichium.
  5. Euryalus was a suitor of Hippodamia who, like all the suitors before Pelops, was killed by Oenomaus.
  6. Euryalus was one of the eight sons of Melas, who plotted against their uncle Oeneus and were slain by Tydeus.
  7. Euryalus, son of Naubolus, was one of the Phaeacians encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey.
  8. Euryalus was a surname of Apollo.

Read more about Euryalus:  Euryalus, Son of Naubolus