Eurynome
Name in Greek mythology
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Eurynomê (/jʊəˈrɪnəmi/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυνόμη, from εὐρύς, eurys, "broad" and νομός, nomos, "pasture" or νόμος "law") is a name that refers to the following characters in Greek mythology:
- Eurynome, pre-Olympian queen and wife of Ophion
- Eurynome (Oceanid), mother of the Charites
- Eurynome, one of the Cadmiades, the six daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia in a rare version of the myth. Her sisters were Ino, Agaue, Semele, Kleantho and Eurydike.[1]
- Eurynome or Eurymede, daughter of King Nisus of Megara and mother of Bellerophon by Poseidon or Glaucus.[2]
- Eurynome, mother by the Persian Orchamus of Leucothoe whom Helios loved.[3]
- Eurynome, wife of Lycurgus of Arcadia and mother of Amphidamas, Epochus, Ancaeus, and Iasus.[4][5] Elsewhere is also called Cleophyle or Antinoe.[6]
- Eurynome, daughter of Iphitus and mother of Adrastus of Argos by Talaus.[7] In some accounts, she was called the daughter of Apollo.[8]
- Eurynome, waiting woman of Penelope in the Odyssey.[9]
- Eurynome, a handmaiden of Harmonia.[10]
- Eurynome, a Lemnian woman. The goddess Pheme paid a visit to her in the guise of her friend Neaera to inform her that Eurynome's husband Codrus was being unfaithful to her with a Thracian woman.[11]
- Eurynome, an alternate name for Eidothea, the daughter of Proteus.[12]
- Eurynome, a daughter of Asopus and mother of Ogygias by Zeus, according to a late source.[13]
