Eumetes Explained

In Greek mythology, Eumetes (Ancient Greek: Εὐμήτην) was an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene,[1] Nonacris[2] or by unknown woman.

Mythology

Eumetes and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged king of the gods threw the meal over the table. Eumetes was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[3]

Notes

  1. [Dionysius of Halicarnassus]
  2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
  3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]

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