Irus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Irus or Iros (/ɪrʌs/, Ancient Greek: Ἶρο) may refer to two individuals:

• Irus, son of Actor and father of Eurytion[1][2] and Eurydamas by Demonassa.[3] When the hero Peleus brought together many sheep and cattle and led them to him as blood money for the slaying of his son, Eurytion, Irus would not accept this price and sent the hero away.[4] As for Eurydamas, his father was called sometimes as Ctimenus from Dolopian Ctimene.[5]
• Irus or Arnaeus, a character in The Odyssey.[6][7]

Notes

1. Orphic Argonautica 179
2. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.74
3. Hyginus, Fabulae 14.2
4. Antoninus Liberalis, 38
5. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.67
6. Apollodorus, E.7.32
7. Homer, Odyssey 18.5ff

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• The Orphic Argonautica, translated by Jason Colavito. © Copyright 2011. Online version at the Topos Text Project.