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Euryalus (Εὐρύαλος) refers to three different characters from classical literature:

In the Aeneid by Virgil, Nisus and Euryalus are ideal friends and lovers,^[1] who died during a raid on the Rutulians.^[2]^[3]
In Greek mythology, Euryalus was the son of Mecisteus. He attacked the city of Thebes as one of the Epigoni, who took the city and avenged the deaths of their fathers, who had also attempted to invade Thebes. In Homer's Iliad, he fought in the Trojan War, where he was brother-in-arms of Diomedes, and one of the Greeks to enter the Trojan Horse. He lost the boxing match to Epeius at the funeral games for Patrocles.^[4]^[3]
Euryalus was also the name of a son of Euippe and Odysseus, who was mistakenly slain by his father.^[5]

In addition, HMS Euryalus is the name of several ships of the Royal Navy.

References

^ Virgil. Aeneid, V.294.
^ Virgil. Aeneid, IX.179-431.
^ ^a ^b Dictionary of Classical Mythology. London: Penguin. 1990. p. 147. ISBN 9780140512359.
^ Homer; Trans. Stanley Lombardo (1997). Illiad. Hackett. ISBN 9780872203525. 23.704-719.
^ Parthenius of Nicaea; S. Gaselee (trans.) (1916). Love Romances. Loeb, Harvard UP. http://www.theoi.com/Text/Parthenius.html#3.

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