Eurymedousa
Eurymedousa or Eurymedusa (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυμέδουσα) is a name attributed to several women in Greek mythology.
- Eurymedousa, daughter of Cletor or Achelous. Zeus approached and seduced her in the form of an ant,[1] she may also have been transformed into an ant.[2] As a result, she gave birth to Myrmidon.
- Eurymedousa, an old woman from Apeire and the nanny and attendant of Nausicaa.[3]
- Eurymedousa, possible mother of the Charites by Zeus.[4]
- Eurymedousa, a daughter of Aetolus and possibly the mother of Oeneus by Porthaon.[5]
- Eurymedousa, daughter of Polyxenus, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur rescued by Theseus.[6]
References
- ^ Clement. Exhortation to the Greeks, Book 2.
- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10, Chapter XXII.
- ^ Homer. Odyssey, 7.1.
- ^ Cornutus Compendium Theologiae Graecae, 15
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women, 133
- ^ Servius on Aeneid, 6. 21
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