Eurystheus

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

/ yʊˈrɪs θi əs, -θyus, yə- /

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noun Classical Mythology.

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

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Words nearby Eurystheus

Eurymachus, euryon, euryopia, euryphagous, eurypterid, Eurystheus, eurythermal, eurythmics, eurytopic, -eus, -euse

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How to use Eurystheus in a sentence

To carry off these cattle to Greece was one of the twelve “labours” imposed by Eurystheus upon Heracles.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8|Various
The fourth was to bring alive to Eurystheus a wild boar, which ravaged the neighbourhood of Erymanthus.
The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant
The first task that Eurystheus gave the hero was to procure the skin of a monstrous lion that inhabited the Nemean forest.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
True, later sagas represent these deeds as adventures which the hero undertook at the command of King Eurystheus of Mycene.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt

For it is his doom that he should fulfil his previous toils for Eurystheus, and afterwards be numbered with the gods.
Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church

British Dictionary definitions for Eurystheus

Eurystheus

/ (jʊˈrɪsθjuːs, -θɪəs) /

noun

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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