Erymanthus (name)

In Greek mythology, the name Erymanthus (Ἑρύμανθος) may refer to:

• God of the river Erymanthus. He was worshipped at Psophis.^[1]

• Son of Aristas, father of Arrhon, and grandfather of Psophis (male); alternately, son of Arcas, father of Xanthus, and again grandfather of Psophis (female).^[2]

• Son of Apollo, who spied on Aphrodite making love to Adonis and was blinded by the angry goddess. Apollo took revenge on Aphrodite by changing himself into a boar and killing Adonis (but see Erymanthian Boar).^[3]

References

1. Aelian, Various Histories, 2. 33
2. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 24. 1
3. Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History, 1 in Photius, Myrobiblion, 190