Eurymedon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Eurymedon (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυμέδοντα "ruling far and wide") was the name of several minor figures:
- Eurymedon. in rare accounts, a Titan who fathered Prometheus by Hera.[1]
- Eurymedon, king of the Gigantes, father of Periboea (mother of Nausithous by Poseidon). He brought destruction on his people and was himself destroyed.[2]
- Eurymedon, one of the Cabiri, children of Hephaestus and Cabiro, a Thracian woman. He was the brother of Alcon. Eurymedon fought in the Indian War of Dionysus but he fled when attacked by Orontes[disambiguation needed].[3]
- Eurymedon, possible father of Cinyras by the nymph Paphia.[4]
- Eurymedon, one of the four sons of Minos and his concubine Pareia. His brothers were Nephalion, Chryses and Philolaus. Eurymedon was a resident of the island of Paros in the Cyclades but was slain by the hero Heracles.[5]
- Eurymedon, son of Dionysus and Ariadne, one of the Argonauts.[6]
- Eurymedon, father of Andromache who was one of sacrificial victims of Minotaur.[7]
- Eurymedon, defender of the Hypsistan gate at Thebes during the military campaign of the Seven Against Thebes. He is the son of Faunus (Pan).[8]
- Eurymedon, squire and charioteer of Agamemnon. He was the son of Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus), son of Peiraeus.[9] Eurymedon's tomb was shown at Mycenae.[10]
- Eurymedon, servant of Nestor.[11]
- Eurymedon, a surname of Poseidon[12], Perseus[13] and Hermes[14].
References
- ^ Potter, Comment. ad Lyc. Cass. 1283; Eustathius, ad Homer, p. 987
- ^ Homer. Odyssey, Book 7.56ff
- ^ Nonnus. Dionysiaca, Book 14.22; Cicero. De Natura Deorum, 3.21.
- ^ Scholia, ad Pindar, Pythian Ode, 2 28
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 2.5.9 & 3.1.2
- ^ Hyginus. Fabulae 14
- ^ Servius on Aeneid, 16. 4
- ^ Statius. Thebaid, 7.262, 8.356, & 11.32
- ^ Homer. Iliad, Book 4.228
- ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 2.16.5.
- ^ Homer. Iliad, Book 8.114 & 11.620
- ^ Pindar. Olympian Ode, 8.31
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes. Argonautica, Book 4.1514
- ^ Hesychius. s. v.
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