Eurystheus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Eurystheus, from Ancient Greek Εὐρυσθεύς (Eurustheús). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /juˈɹɪs.θi.əs/ === Proper noun === Eurystheus (Greek mythology) A Mycenaean king of Tiryns (or, according to some authors, of Argos), in Argolis, son of Sthenelus and grandson of Perseus, who imposed the twelve labours on Heracles. ==== Usage notes ==== Eurystheus appears (as king of Argos) in Euripides' Heracleidae ("Children of Heracles"). ==== Derived terms ==== Eurysthean ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὐρυσθεύς (Eurustheús). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛu̯ˈrys.tʰɛu̯s] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eu̯ˈris.teu̯s] === Proper noun === Eurystheus m sg (genitive Eurystheī); second declension (Greek mythology) Eurystheus (a Mycenaean king of Tiryns (or, according to some authors, of Argos), in Argolis, son of Sthenelus and grandson of Perseus, who imposed the twelve labours on Heracles) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Eurystheus French: Eurysthée === References === “Eurystheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press