Euphemus (mythology)

For the Athenian archon chronicled in Thucydides, see Euphemus (archon).

In Greek mythology, Euphemus (/juːˈfiːməs/; Ancient Greek: Εὔφημος Eὔphēmos, pronounced [eʊ̯́pʰɛːmos] "reputable") was the name of several distinct characters:

• Euphemus, son of Poseidon and an Argonaut.^[1]
• Euphemus, a descendant of the river god Axius and the father of the hero Eurybarus who defeated the female monster Sybaris.^[2]
• Euphemus, father of Daedalus by Hyginus,^[3] possibly by mistake instead of Eupalamus.
• Euphemus, son of Troezenus and a leader of the Thracian Cicones. He was an ally of the Trojans.^[4][5] According to late writers, he was killed either by Achilles^[6] or by one of the following four: Diomedes, Idomeneus and the two Ajaxes who at one point united to attack the opponents.^[7]
• Euphemus, surname of Zeus on Lesbos.^[8]