Euryalus (/jʊˈraɪ.ələs/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύαλος) refers to several different characters from Greek mythology and classical literature: 1. * In the Aeneid by Virgil, Nisus and Euryalus are ideal friends and lovers, who died during a raid on the Rutulians. 2. * Euryalus was the son of Mecisteus. He attacked the city of Thebes as one of the Epigoni, who took the city and avenged the deaths of their fathers, who had also attempted to invade Thebes. In Homer's Iliad, he fought in the Trojan War, where he was brother-in-arms of Diomedes, and one of the Greeks to enter the Trojan Horse. He lost the boxing match to Epeius at the funeral games for Patroclus. He is mentioned by Hyginus, who gives his parents as Pallas and Diomede. 3. * Euryalus was the name of a son of Euippe and Odysseus, w