Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Greek mythology, Eryx was the son of Aphrodite and King Butes of the Elymian people on Sicily. Eryx was an excellent boxer but died when Heracles beat him in a match. Virgil V, 392, 412 An alternate version claims that Perseus turned him to stone with the head of Medusa. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.