Corythus
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Corythus is the name of six mortal men in Greek mythology.
- Corythus, son of Marmarus, and one of the court of Cepheus. He wounded Pelates during the battle at the wedding feast of Perseus and Andromeda.[1]
- Corythus, an Italian king and father, in some sources, of Iasion[2] and Dardanus[3] by Electra.[4]
- Corythus, one of the Lapiths. Only a youth, he was killed nonetheless by Rhoetus, one of the Centaurs.[5]
- Corythus, an Iberian, beloved of Heracles. Was said to have been the first to devise a helmet (Greek korys, gen. korythos), which took its name from him.[6]
- Corythus, one of the Doliones. He was killed by Tydeus.[7]
- Corythus, a king who raised Telephus, son of Heracles and Auge, as his own son.[8]
- Corythus, son of Paris and the nymph Oenone. When he grew up he went at Troy, where he was received warmly by Helen of Troy and fell in love with her, so Paris killed him.[9] Corythus was alternatively the son of Helen and Paris, who died along with his two brothers when a roof collapsed in Troy.[10]
