A son of Eurystheus king of Mycenae, slain by the Athenians when they refused to surrender the Heraclids and bore the brunt of war with the persecutor of Heracles' children.1
When the Heraclids fled Eurystheus' wrath after Heracles' apotheosis, the king demanded their surrender from every city that sheltered them. The Athenians refused, fought Eurystheus, and slew his sons — Apollodorus names Alexander first among them, with Iphimedon, Eurybius, Mentor, and Perimedes.2
Eurystheus himself fled in a chariot but was pursued and slain by Hyllus son of Heracles at the Scironian cliffs — the Mycenaean house ended with the king's head given to Alcmena, who gouged out his eyes with weaving-pins.3
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