Eurycleia (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Eurycleia (Ancient Greek: Εὐρύκλεια, romanized: Eurúkleia, lit. 'wide glory') or Euryclia may refer to the following women:
- Eurycleia, nurse of Odysseus.[1]
- Eurycleia, a Boeotian princess as the daughter of King Athamas and Themisto,[2] and thus, sister to Leucon, Erythrius, Schoeneus, and Ptous.[3][4] She became the mother of Hyperes by Melas, son of Phrixus and Chalciope.[2][5]
- Eurycleia, a Boeotian princess, the daughter of King Athamas and his wife Queen Ino. She was killed, along with her brother Learchus, during their father's madness fit.[6]
