Eurymedousa or Eurymedusa (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυμέδουσα) is a name attributed to several women in Greek mythology.
- Eurymedousa, daughter of Cletor[1] or Achelous. Zeus approached and seduced her in the form of an ant,[2] she may also have been transformed into an ant.[3] As a result, she gave birth to Myrmidon.
- Eurymedousa, an old woman from Apeire and the nanny and attendant of Nausicaa.[4]
- According to Cornutus, Eurymedousa was a possible mother of the Charites by Zeus.[5]
- Eurymedousa, a daughter of Aetolus and possibly the mother of Oeneus by Porthaon.[6]
- Eurymedousa, daughter of Polyxenus, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur rescued by Theseus.[7]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 2. p.41 (p. 34)
- ^ Clement of Alexandria, Exhortations Book 2
- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.22
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 7.1
- ^ Cornutus, Compendium Theologiae Graecae 15 (Torres, pp. 15–6).
- ^ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 133
- ^ Servius on Aeneid 6.21
References[edit]
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theoi.com
- Titus Flavius Clemens, Exhortation against the Pagans translated by Butterworth, G W. Loeb Classical Library Volume 92. Cambridge, MA. Harvard Universrity Press. 1919. Online version at theoi.com
- Torres, José B., Lucius Annaeus Cornutus: Compendium de Graecae Theologiae traditionibus, Bibliotheca Teubneriana, Berlin, De Gruyter, 2018.Online version at De Gruyter.