A son of Eurystheus king of Mycenae, slain with his brothers when the Athenians refused to surrender the Heraclids and bore the brunt of war with the persecutor of Heracles' children.1
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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 Mentor after Eurybius and before Perimedes in the catalogue that begins with Alexander and Iphimedon.2
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