Eryx

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In Greek mythology, Eryx was the son of Aphrodite and King Butes of the Elymian people on Sicily. Eryx was an excellent boxer but died when Heracles beat him in a match.[1] An alternate version claims that Perseus turned him to stone with the head of Medusa.

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  1. ^ Virgil. Aeneid. Book V, 392, 412.
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