Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology Eunostus was a hero of Tanagra Boeotia. His parents were Elieus son of Cephissus and Scias. He was said to have received his name from the nymph Eunosta who reared him. The story of Eunostus’ death related by Plutarch with a reference to the poet Myrtis of Anthedon is as follows. Ochne a daughter of Colonus and cousin of Eunostus fell in love with him but he rejected her advances and was going to report the matter to her brothers Echemus Leon and Bucolus.