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In Greek mythology, Erymanthus was a rivergod in Arcadia. who had a temple and a statue at Psophis. (Paus. viii. 24. § 6; Aelian, V.H. ii. 33.) a son of Apollo, was blinded by Aphrodite, because he had seen her in the bath. Apollo, in revenge, metamorphosed himself into a wild boar, and killed Adonis. (Ptolem. Heph. i. 306.) a son of Aristas and father of Arrhon, or, according to others, the son of Arcas and father of Xanthus. (Paus. viii. 24. § 1.) Remnants of the Eridanos are found all through northern Europe, from the Netherlands at its western end to sediments in northern Lapponia.
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