ERYMANTHIAN BOAR (the boar of Mount Erymanthus)
Monster · mythological boar
- In the sources
- 3 ancient passages
It was a boar that exceeded all others in size and strength. Pausanias 8.24.5
In the myths
Heracles carried the captured boar on his shoulders to Mycenae. Apollodorus 2.5.4 +1 The boar caused destruction in the region of Psophis. Apollodorus 2.5.4 The hunter had to avoid killing the beast to complete the task successfully. Diodorus 4.12 Eurystheus was terrified by the sight of the boar and hid in a bronze vessel. Diodorus 4.12 Heracles hunted it by the Erymanthus at Eurystheus's command. Pausanias 8.24.5 Heracles chased the animal out of a thicket using loud shouts. Apollodorus 2.5.4 Heracles forced the tired creature into deep snow to trap it. Apollodorus 2.5.4 Heracles captured the boar alive to fulfill a specific command. Diodorus 4.12
