Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Euthymus

by William Smith

EUTHY'MUS (Εὔθυμος), a hero of Locri in Italy, was a son of Astycles or of the river-god Caecinus. He was famous for his strength and skill in boxing, and delivered the town of Temessa from the evil spirit Polites, to whom a fair maiden was sacrificed every year. Euthymus himself disappeared at an advantaged age in the river Caenicus. (Strab. vi. p. 255; Aelian, V.H. viii. 18; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1409.) He gained several victories at Olympia (Ol. 74, 76 and 77); and a statue of his at Olympia was the work of Pythagoras (Paus. vi. 6. § 2, 10. § 2.) [L. S.]