Eurystheus

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Eurystheus [jʊˈrɪsθjuːs -θɪəs]

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a grandson of Perseus, who, through the favour of Hera, inherited the kingship of Mycenae, which Zeus had intended for Hercules

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Hercules			He forgets how often I saved his son when he was worn out by the labours Eurystheus had laid on him. The Iliad by Homer View in context From him Zeus took away sense, so that he left his home and his parents and went to do honour to the wicked Eurystheus -- unhappy man Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context Some writers say, that Hercules gathered up the whole race of Pygmies in his lion's skin, and carried them home to Greece, for the children of King Eurystheus to play with. Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context			Eurostat Eurosterling Eurotax Eurotiales Eurotium Eurotrack Eurotunnel Eurovision eurozone Eurus eury- Euryale Euryalida eurybathic Eurycerous Eurydice euryhaline Eurylaimi Eurylaimidae euryphagous eurypterid Eurypterida Eurypteroid Eurypteroidea Eurypterus Eurystheus eurythermal eurythmics eurythmy eurytopic Eusebian Eusebio Eusebius Eusebius Hieronymus Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus Euskadi ta Askatasuna eusporangiate eusporangium Eustachian Eustachian catheter eustachian tube Eustachian valve Eustachio eustasy eustatic eustele Eustoma Eustoma grandiflorum Eustrachian tube Eustyle			euryon euryopia Euryphaessa Euryphaessa euryphagous Euryphagy Euryphoridae Eurypiga Eurypiga helias Eurypigidae euryplastic Eurypontidai euryprosopic eurypterid eurypterid Eurypterida Eurypterida Eurypterids Eurypterids Eurypteroid Eurypteroidea Eurypteroidea Eurypterus Eurypterus Eurypterygius Eurypyga Eurypyga helias Eurypygidae eurypylous eurysome Eurystheus Eurystomus Eurystomus orientalis eurytherm eurytherm eurythermal eurythermal eurythermic eurythermous eurythmic eurythmic eurythmics eurythmics Eurythmics (band) Eurythmics (band) Eurythmix Eurythmix eurythmy eurythmy eurythmy Eurytomidae eurytopic eurytopic Eurytopic Organism eurytopicity eurytopicity Eurytrema Eurytrema brumpti Eurytrema coelomaticum, Eurytrema pancreaticum Eurytrema fastosum Eurytrema ovis

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