Eurystheus

[ yoo-ris-thee-uhs, -thyoos, yuh- ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a king of Mycenae and cousin of Hercules, upon whom he imposed 12 labors.

Eurystheus

/ jʊˈrɪsθjuːs; -θɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a grandson of Perseus, who, through the favour of Hera, inherited the kingship of Mycenae, which Zeus had intended for Hercules

Example Sentences

To carry off these cattle to Greece was one of the twelve “labours” imposed by Eurystheus upon Heracles.

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The fourth was to bring alive to Eurystheus a wild boar, which ravaged the neighbourhood of Erymanthus.

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The first task that Eurystheus gave the hero was to procure the skin of a monstrous lion that inhabited the Nemean forest.

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True, later sagas represent these deeds as adventures which the hero undertook at the command of King Eurystheus of Mycene.

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For it is his doom that he should fulfil his previous toils for Eurystheus, and afterwards be numbered with the gods.

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