Eurynome

This article is about the mythological figures. For other uses, see Eurynome (disambiguation).

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]

See also

• Eurynomos