Eurystheus/Definition

From Greek mythology, the king of Tiryns. Heracles worked for him for twelve years to atone for killing Eurystheus' wife Megara, and their children. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.