# Eurystheus — Poetry character guide

> Eurystheus in Poetry by Matthew Arnold.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0056-fragment-of-chorus-of-a-dejaneira

## Who they are

The king who imposed the twelve labors on Heracles.

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