In
Greek mythology
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, the name Eurythemista or Eurythemiste (
Ancient Greek
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: Εὐρυθεμίστη) may refer to:
*Eurythemista, a
Calydonian princess as the daughter of King
Porthaon
In Greek mythology, Porthaon (Ancient Greek: Πορθάων, genitive Πορθάονος), sometimes referred to as Parthaon or Portheus (seems related to the verb ''portheō'' and ''perthō'', "destroy'), was a king of Calydon and son of Agenor o ...
and
Laothoe
In Greek mythology, Laothoe (Ancient Greek: Λαοθόη) can refer to the following women:
*Laothoe, consort of King Porthaon of Calydon and mother of Sterope, Stratonice and Eurythemiste.
*Laothoe or Antianeira, daughter of Menetus (Meretus), ...
. She was the sister of
Sterope Sterope (; Ancient Greek: Στερόπη, , from , ''steropē'', lightning) was the name of several individuals in Greek mythology:
* Sterope (or Asterope), one of the Pleiades and the wife of Oenomaus (or his mother by Ares).
* Sterope, a Pleu ...
and
Stratonice, wife of King
Melaneus
In Greek mythology, Melaneus (; Ancient Greek: Μελανεύς) was the founder of Oechalia (Oikhalia), variously located in Thessaly, Messenia or Euboea and also king of the Dryopes.Antoninus Liberalis4as cited in Nicander's ''Metamorphoses'' ...
of
Oechalia.
*Eurythemista, daughter of the river-god
Xanthus Xanthus (; grc, Ξάνθος, ''Xanthos'', "yellow, blond") or Xanthos may refer to:
In Greek mythology
* Xanthos (King of Thebes), the son of Ptolemy, killed by Andropompus or Melanthus
*Xanthus (mythology), several figures, including gods, men, ...
, thus can be considered a
naiad
In Greek mythology, the naiads (; grc-gre, ναϊάδες, naïádes) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.
They are distinct from river gods, who ...
nymph
A nymph ( grc, νύμφη, nýmphē, el, script=Latn, nímfi, label=Modern Greek; , ) in ancient Greek folklore is a minor female nature deity. Different from Greek goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature, are ty ...
. She is one of
Pelops
In Greek mythology, Pelops (; ) was king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus region (, lit. "Pelops' Island"). He was the son of Tantalus and the father of Atreus.
He was venerated at Olympia, where his cult developed into the founding myth of the Oly ...
' and
Niobe
In Greek mythology, Niobe (; grc-gre, Νιόβη ) was a daughter of Tantalus and of either Dione, the most frequently cited, or of Eurythemista or Euryanassa, the wife of Amphion and the sister of Pelops and Broteas.
Her father was the ru ...
's possible mothers by
Tantalus
Tantalus ( grc, Τάνταλος ) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the wate ...
(other ones being
Euryanassa In Greek mythology, Euryanassa (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυάνασσα) is a name that may refer to:
*Euryanassa, daughter of the river-god Pactolus. She was the wife of Tantalus, and one of the possible mothers of Pelops, Broteas and Niobe.
*Euryan ...
and
Dione Dione may refer to:
Astronomy
*106 Dione, a large main belt asteroid
*Dione (moon), a moon of Saturn
*Helene (moon), a moon of Saturn sometimes referred to as "Dione B"
Mythology
*Dione (Titaness), a Titaness in Greek mythology
*Dione (mythology) ...
, daughter of
Atlas
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).
*Eurythemista, one of the two maidens that were wooed by
Boeotus
In Greek mythology, Boeotus (; Ancient Greek: Βοιωτός ''Boiotos'') may refer to the following personages:
* Boeotus, son of Poseidon and Arne.Scholia on Homer, ''Iliad'' B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in Hellanicus' ''Boeotica''
* ...
. He could not choose between the two until he saw a star fall on Eurythemiste's shoulder; he then took her to wife.
Pseudo-Plutarch Pseudo-Plutarch is the conventional name given to the actual, but unknown, authors of a number of pseudepigrapha (falsely attributed works) attributed to Plutarch but now known to have not been written by him.
Some of these works were included in s ...
, ''De fluviis'' 2.2
Notes
References
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Hesiod
Hesiod (; grc-gre, Ἡσίοδος ''Hēsíodos'') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by western authors as 'the first written poet i ...
, ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914
Online version at theio.com*
Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, ''Morals'' translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by.
William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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