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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the [[king]] of [[Tiryns]]. [[Heracles]] worked for him for twelve years to atone for [[death|killing]] Eurystheus' wife [[Megara]], and their [[children]]. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|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]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], the [[king]] of [[Tiryns]]. [[Heracles]] worked for him for twelve years to atone for [[death|killing]] Eurystheus' wife [[Megara]], and their [[children]].

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Eurystheus [r]: From Greek mythology, the king of Tiryns. Heracles worked for him for twelve years to atone for killing Eurystheus' wife Megara, and their children.