Fragment #1—Eustathius, 330. 41: An account has there been given of
Eurytus and his daughter Iole, for whose sake Heracles sacked Oechalia.
Homer also seems to have written on this subject, as that historian
shows who relates that Creophylus of Samos once had Homer for his guest
and for a reward received the attribution of the poem which they call
the _Taking of Oechalia_. Some, however, assert the opposite; that
Creophylus wrote the poem, and that Homer lent his name in return for
his entertainment. And so Callimachus writes: ‘I am the work of that
Samian who once received divine Homer in his house. I sing of Eurytus
and all his woes and of golden-haired Ioleia, and am reputed one of
Homer’s works. Dear Heaven! how great an honour this for Creophylus!’
Fragment #2—Cramer, Anec. Oxon. i. 327: ‘Ragged garments, even those
which now you see.’ This verse (_Odyssey_ xiv. 343) we shall also find
in the _Taking of Oechalia_.
Fragment #3—Scholaist on Sophocles Trach., 266: There is a disagreement
as to the number of the sons of Eurytus. For Hesiod says Eurytus and
Antioche had as many as four sons; but Creophylus says two.
Fragment #4—Scholiast on Euripides Medea, 273: Didymus contrasts the
following account given by Creophylus, which is as follows: while Medea
was living in Corinth, she poisoned Creon, who was ruler of the city at
that time, and because she feared his friends and kinsfolk, fled to
Athens. However, since her sons were too young to go along with her,
she left them at the altar of Hera Acraea, thinking that their father
would see to their safety. But the relatives of Creon killed them and
spread the story that Medea had killed her own children as well as
Creon.