Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Sthenelus.
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Bibliotheca
Apollodorus
Apollodorus' Perseid stemma — Sthenelus son of Perseus as father of Eurystheus, the Mycenaean king who sets Heracles' labours.
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Eurystheus
King of Mycenae who imposed the Twelve Labours — son of Sthenelus the Perseid, the father whose premature birth Hera engineers against Heracles.
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Iliad
Homer
Book XIX — Agamemnon recalls Zeus' deception over Eurystheus' birth: Sthenelus' house gains the sceptre that should have been Heracles'.
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Sthenelus
Perseid king of Mycenae — father of Eurystheus, distinct from Capaneus' son who fights among the Epigoni.