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[677] Euryalos, except a passing mention in 6.20, occurs only in the Catalogue, 2.565-66 (see note), where he is third in command of the Argives, under Diomedes and Sthenelos. The former is his kinsman — first cousin once removed in blood, and first cousin by marriage. For Adrastos and Mekisteus were brothers, sons of Talaos; Euryalos is son of Mekisteus, Diomedes is grandson of Adrastos through Deïpyle, whose sister Aigialeia he has married (5.412). This explains the personal interest shewn in 681.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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