Eurytion means 'widely honoured', from eurys, 'wide' and tio, 'to esteem', 'honour'. This is a suitable interpretation for the several
people who bore the name, including a Centaur (who admittedly led a riot at the wedding of
Pirithoüs and
Hippodamia), a herdsman of the monster
Geryon, and the son of Actor and Demonassa.
If we are not too happy about the Centaur, then we can try
another meaning for him, from eu-, '
good' and rhytor, 'drawer', meaning a good
archer. However, even here it must be said that there was some doubt as to whether Centaurs actually used bows and arrows, although eastern artists represented them as archers.
