Eurypylus (son of Telephus)
[5] Telephus' mother was Auge, the daughter of Aleus, the king of Tegea, a city in Arcadia, in the Peloponnese of mainland Greece.
[10] Nevertheless, during the final stages of the war, between the death of Achilles, and the ruse of the Trojan Horse, Eurypylus led a large Mysian force to fight on the side of Troy.
[18] According to Servius, Eurypylus had a son, Grynus, who became king in Mysia and was known as the eponym of Gryneion and the founder of Pergamon.
[22] But, if Telephus's promise not to aid the Trojans was a tradition known to Homer, then Eurypylus' appearance at Troy might have required some explanation, to which the "gifts" might refer.
[23] From other scholia on the same Odyssey passage, and a scholiast on Euripides, we learn that Astyoche was Priam's sister, and that the golden vine was a family heirloom, made by Hephaestus, and given by Zeus to an earlier king of Troy (either Tros or Laomedon) in compensation for Zeus' abduction of his son Ganymede.
[32] Dictys Cretensis, in his 4th century AD retelling of the Trojan War, adds several details to Eurypylus' story.
[37] Book six of the poem, describes Eurypylus coming to Troy, his first night there, and his victorious first day of battle.
"[46] Eurypylus, with Paris and Aeneas at his side, then "rushed with eagle-swoop" to attack Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Ajax.
[47] Ajax is wounded, and removed from the battle, while Agamemnon and Menelaus are surrounded, but Teucer, Idomeneus, Thoas, Meriones, and Thrasymedes, who earlier had all fled from Eurypylus, rush to the defense of Agamemnon and Menelaus, and Eurypylus is briefly de-speared from a stone thrown by Idomeneus.
[48] Recovering his spear, Eurypylus charged his foes and killed all who faced him, spreading "wide havoc through their ranks.
[57] Again Athena comes to the aid of the Greeks,[58] and with Neoptolemus in the lead,[59] the Greeks manage to withstand Eurypylus' attack: The next day many warriors are killed on both sides, Finally though, Eurypyus comes "face to face" with Achilles' son Neoptolemus.
[62] Eurypylus challenges Neoptlolemus, saying: And Neoptolemus answers: Then they sprang to battle, "Like terrible lions each on other rushed".
[69] The only certain early depiction of Eurypylus, identified by inscription, is found on the shoulder of a black-figure Attic hydria, c. 510 BC (Basel BS 498).
Apollo with drawn bow, strides to the right, protecting the dead body of Helicaon, which lies on the ground in front of him.
A very similar scene depicted on the shoulder of another Attic black-figure hydria found at Vulci (Wurzburg L309), may also include Eurypylus.
