Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology the name Areithous may refer to: Areithous King of Arne in Boeotia and husband of Philomedusa by whom he had a son Menesthius. He is called in the Iliad the club-bearer (korynetes) because he fought with no other weapon but an iron club. He fell by the hand of Lycurgus of Arcadia who drove him into a narrow defile where he could not make use of his club. His armor was later worn by Lycurgus and then by Ereuthalion.