ABSTRACT
He was one of the Greeks concealed in the Wooden Horse. Then, when the city was being sacked, he discovered a chest, which had been left behind by Aeneas or Cassandra because it would be a curse to any Greek who took it. Opening the chest, Eurypylus found in it an ancient wooden image of Dionysus, which had been carved by Hephaestus and given to Dardanus by Zeus; it was of such great sanctity that it drove Eurypylus mad. The Delphic Oracle told him that he would be cured only if he took the image to a place where men made an unfamiliar sacrifice. When he reached Patrae, Eurypylus found the people preparing to sacrifice a boy and a girl to Artemis. Realising that this was the sacrifice indicated by the oracle, he showed the people the image of Dionysus; and it dawned on them that here was the fulfilment of an oracle which they, too, had received, bidding them give up human sacrifice when a strange king should come to them bringing a strange god. Eurypylus was cured, and the people of Patrae adopted the worship of Dionysus.
