Euphemus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Euphemus (/juːˈfiːməs/; Ancient Greek: Εὔφημος Eὔphēmos, pronounced [eʊ̯́pʰɛːmos] "reputable") was the name of several distinct characters:
- Euphemus, son of Poseidon and an Argonaut.[1]
- Euphemus, a descendant of the river god Axius and the father of the hero Eurybarus who defeated the female monster Sybaris.[2]
- Euphemus, father of Daedalus by Hyginus,[3] possibly by mistake instead of Eupalamus.
- Euphemus, son of Troezenus and a leader of the Thracian Cicones. He was an ally of the Trojans.[4][5] According to late writers, he was killed either by Achilles[6] or by one of the following four: Diomedes, Idomeneus and the two Ajaxes who at one point united to attack the opponents.[7]
- Euphemus, surname of Zeus on Lesbos.[8]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Apollonius Rhodius, 1.182
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 8 as cited in Boeus' Ornithogonia
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 39.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 2.846
- ^ T. W. Allen, "The Homeric Catalogue", The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol 30 (1910), pp 292-322 at p 314 JSTOR 624307 accessed 23 November 2011.
- ^ Dares Phrygius, 21
- ^ Dictys Cretensis, 2.43
- ^ Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. Euphemos
References
[edit]- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Dares Phrygius, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at theio.com
- Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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