Editing Eumedes

'''Eumedes''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Εὐμήδης) was a name attributed to seven individuals in [[Greek mythology]].

*Eumedes, father of [[Acallaris]] who married [[Tros (mythology)|Tros]], king of [[Dardanians (Trojan)|Dardania]].<ref name=":2">[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/1C*.html#62.2 ''Antiquitates Romanae'' 1.62.2]</ref>
*Eumedes, a [[Calydon]]ian son of [[Melas (mythology)|Melas]]. He, along with his brothers, were killed for plotting against [[Oeneus]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.8.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Eumedes 1.8.5]</ref>
*Eumedes, son of [[Hippocoon]], the king of [[Sparta]]. His tomb was located in the city.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 3.14.6</ref>
*Eumedes, the [[Thespiae|Thespian]] son of [[Heracles]] and [[Lyse (mythology)|Lyse]],<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.7.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Eumedes 2.7.8]</ref> daughter of King [[Thespius]] of [[Thespiae]].<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.10</ref> Eumedes and his 49 half-brothers were born of Thespius' daughters who were impregnated by Heracles in one night,<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.27.6–7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, ''Orat.'' IV, ''Contra Julianum'' I (Migne ''S. Gr.'' 35.661)</ref> for a week<ref>[[Athenaeus]], 13.4 with [[Herodorus]] as the authority; [[Diodorus Siculus]], 4.29.3, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4B*.html#note51 f.n. 51]</ref> or in the course of 50 days<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]], ''Chiliades'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades2.html 2.224]</ref> while hunting for the [[Lion of Cithaeron|Cithaeronian lion]].<ref>Apollodorus, 2.4.9–10</ref> Later on, the hero sent a message to Thespius to keep seven of these sons and send three of them in [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] while the remaining forty, joined by [[Iolaus]], were dispatched to the island of [[Sardinia]] to found a colony.<ref>Apollodorus, 2.7.6</ref>
*Eumedes, priest of [[Athena]]. When the [[Heracleidae]] invaded, Eumedes was suspected of wishing to betray the [[Palladium (classical antiquity)|Palladium]] to them. Being afraid, he took the Palladium and took it to be hill called [[Creion]].<ref>[[Callimachus]]. ''Hymns'', V. On the Bath of [http://www.theoi.com/Text/CallimachusHymns2.html On the Baths of Pallas].</ref>
*Eumedes (also [[Eumelus|Eumeles]]) a famous herald among the [[Troy|Trojans]]. He was the father of [[Dolon (mythology)|Dolon]] and of five daughters.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HomerIliad10.html 10.313]</ref>
*Eumedes, son of [[Dolon (mythology)|Dolon]] and a companion of [[Aeneas]]. He was killed by [[Turnus]].<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 12.346</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Athenaeus|Athenaeus of Naucratis]], ''The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned.'' London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0003 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Athenaeus of Naucratis, ''Deipnosophistae''. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2013.01.0001 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Callimachus]], ''Callimachus and Lycophron with an English translation by A. W. Mair; Aratus, with an English translation by G. R. Mair'', London: W. Heinemann, New York: G. P. Putnam 1921. Internet Archive
* Callimachus, ''Works''. A.W. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0481 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Diodorus Siculus]], ''The Library of History'' translated by [[Charles Henry Oldfather]]. Twelve volumes. [[Loeb Classical Library]]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2''. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|Dionysus of Halicarnassus]], ''Roman Antiquities.'' English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
* Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt'', ''Vol I-IV''. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0572 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
*Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]], ''Book of Histories,'' Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/TzetzesChiliades2.html Online version at theio.com]

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