Editing Eumelus

'''Eumelus''' {{IPAc-en|j|uː|ˈ|m|iː|l|ə|s}} ({{langx|grc|Εὔμηλος}} ''Eúmēlos'' means "rich in sheep") was the name of:

== Mythology ==

*Eumelus ([[Gadeirus]]), the younger twin brother of [[Atlas (Greek myth)|Atlas]] in [[Plato]]'s myth of [[Atlantis]],<ref>[[Plato]], ''[[Critias (dialogue)|Critias]]'' 114a&ndash;b</ref> and the son of [[Poseidon]] and [[Cleito (mythology)|Cleito]], daughter of the [[Autochthon (ancient Greece)|autochthon]] [[Evenor]] and [[Leucippe]].<ref>Plato, ''Critias'' 113d ff.</ref> His other brothers were: [[Ampheres]] and [[Euaemon|Evaemon]], [[Mneseus (mythology)|Mneseus]] and [[Autochthon (Atlantis)|Autochthon]], [[Elasippus (mythology)|Elasippus]] and [[Mestor]], and lastly, [[Azaes]] and [[Diaprepes (mythology)|Diaprepes]].<ref>Plato, ''Critias'' 114c</ref> Eumelus, along with his nine siblings, became the heads of ten royal houses, each ruling a tenth portion of the island, according to a partition made by Poseidon himself, but all subject to the supreme dynasty of Atlas who was the eldest of the ten.<ref>Plato, ''Critias'' 114d</ref>
*Eumelus, son of [[Merops (mythology)|Merops]] and father of [[Byssa (mythology)|Byssa]], [[Meropis (mythology)|Meropis]] and [[Agron (mythology)|Agron]]. The family offended [[Hermes]] and were transformed into birds.<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], [https://topostext.org/work/216#15 15]</ref>
*Eumelus, companion of [[Triptolemus]]. He had a son [[Antheias]] who tried to ride the chariot of Triptolemus but fell off and died. Eumelus was the first to settle in the land of [[Patras|Patrae]] in [[Achaea]] and founded Antheia in memory of his son.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:7.18.3 7.18.3]</ref>
*Eumelus, son of [[Eugnotus]] and father of [[Botres]]. He killed his son for having eaten the brains of a sheep that had been sacrificed before it had been put on the altar.<ref>Antoninus Liberalis, [https://topostext.org/work/216#18 18]; [[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 7.390</ref>
*Eumelus, succeeded his father [[Admetus]] as the King of [[Pherae]], and his mother was [[Alcestis]], daughter of King [[Pelias]] of [[Iolcus]]. Eumelus married [[Iphthime]], daughter of [[Icarius (Spartan)|Icarius]] of [[Sparta]], and possibly by her, became the father of [[Zeuxippus (mythology)|Zeuxippus]].<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Plato]], ''[[Symposium (Plato)|Symposium]]'', 208d citing [[Hellanicus of Lesbos|Hellanicus]]</ref> Eumelus was one of the "suitors of [[Helen of Troy|Helen]]" and thus, led Pherae and [[Iolcus]] in the [[Trojan War]] on the side of the Greeks. Although one of the best Achaean charioteers, he was the fifth and last in the chariot races because of Athena's sabotage at [[Patroclus]]'s funeral. Eumelus was also one of the Greeks in the [[Trojan Horse]].
* Eumelus, also known as [[Eumeles]] or [[Eumedes]],  a herald and father of [[Dolon (mythology)|Dolon]] and five girls.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 10.314 ff; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], E.4.4</ref>
*Eumelus, a companion of [[Aeneas]]. This is the man who brought the news that the fleet of the hero in [[Sicily]] was on fire<ref>[[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 5.665</ref>
*Eumelus, one of the [[Suitors of Penelope|Suitors]] of [[Penelope]] who came from [[Same (Homer)|Same]] along with other 22 wooers.<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], E.7.28</ref> He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by [[Odysseus]] with the aid of [[Eumaeus]], [[Philoetius (Odyssey)|Philoetius]], and [[Telemachus]].<ref name=":1">[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], E.7.33</ref>

== History ==
* [[Eumelus of Corinth]], an epic poet of the second half of the 8th century BC

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Antoninus Liberalis]], ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://topostext.org/work/216 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[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].
* [[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].
* [[Plato]], ''[[Critias (dialogue)|Critias]]'' in ''Plato in Twelve Volumes'', Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0180%3Atext%3DCriti. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0179%3Atext%3DCriti. Greek text available at the same website.]
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* {{cite book|author=[[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]]|title=Aeneid|translator=Theodore C. Williams|location=Boston|publisher=Houghton Mifflin|year=1910|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1|via=Online version at the Perseus Digital Library}}
* {{cite book|author=Publius Vergilius Maro|title=Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics|translator=J. B. Greenough|location=Boston|publisher=Ginn & Co.|year=1900|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055|via=Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library}}

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