Nīreus (dissyl.), ĕi and ĕos, m., = Νίρευς,
son of Charopus and Aglaia, the handsomest man among the Greeks before Troy , Hor. C. 3, 20, 15; id. Epod. 15, 22; Prop. 3, 16 (4, 17), 27; Ov. P. 4, 13, 16; Hyg. Fab. 113 and 270; Dict. Cret. 4, 17 (cf. Hom. Il. 2, 673).