Toxeus
In Greek mythology, the name Toxeus (Τοξεύς) refers to:
- A son of Thestius, brother of Althaea, who participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar. He was angry that the prize of the boar's hide had been given to a woman (Atalanta) by his nephew Meleager, who then killed him in the ensuing argument.[1]
- A son of Oineus and brother of Meleager (which makes him a nephew of the other Toxeus). He was killed by his father for overleaping the trench which had been dug around Calydon.[2][3] (This is paralleled by Remus overleaping that of Rōmulus.[4] Cf. also the story of Poemander).
- A son of Eurytus, brother of Clytius and Molion. All three were slain by Heracles.[5]
Notes
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8. 300ff; 441 ff
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 8. 1
- ^ Robert Graves : The Greek Myths, §80.1
- ^ Robert Graves : The Greek Myths, §80.2
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 37. 5