Euthy'mus
(
*Eu)/qumos), 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 advanced age in the river Caecinus. (
Strab. vi. p.255; Aelian,
Ael. VH 8.18 ;
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. 6.6.2,
10.2.)
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