Editing Eurynome

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'''Eurynomê''' ({{IPAc-en|j|ʊəˈr|ɪ|n|ə|m|i}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Εὐρυνόμη, from {{lang|grc|εὐρύς}}, ''eurys'', "broad" and {{lang|grc|νομός}}, ''nomos'', "pasture" or {{lang|grc|νόμος}} "law") is a name that refers to the following characters in [[Greek mythology]]:

*[[Ophion|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 (Greek mythology)|Ino]], [[Agave (mythology)|Agaue]], [[Semele]], [[Kleantho]] and [[Eurydice (Greek myth)|Eurydike]].<ref>[[John Malalas|Malalas]], ''Chronography'' 2.39</ref>
*[[Eurynome (daughter of Nisus)|Eurynome]] or [[Eurymede]], daughter of King [[Nisos|Nisus]] of [[Megara]] and mother of [[Bellerophon]] by [[Poseidon]] or [[Glaucus (son of Sisyphus)|Glaucus]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' fr. 43(a)70–82 M–W, where her name is restored by conjecture based upon [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#157 157]. The manuscripts of the ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+1.9.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 1.9.3] give her name as Eurymede and names her mortal husband [[Glaucus (son of Sisyphus)|Glaucus]] as Bellerophon's father.</ref>
*Eurynome, mother by the Persian [[Orchamus]] of [[Leucothoe (daughter of Orchamus)|Leucothoe]] whom [[Helios]] loved.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 4.208 ff.</ref>
*Eurynome, wife of [[Lycurgus of Arcadia]] and mother of [[Amphidamas]], [[Epochus]], [[Ancaeus (son of Lycurgus)|Ancaeus]], and [[Iasus]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.9.2 3.9.2]</ref><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.4.10 8.4.10] mentions only Ancaeus and Epochus.</ref> Elsewhere is also called [[Cleophyle (mythology)|Cleophyle]] or [[Antinoe]].<ref name="Schol. Ap. Rhod.">[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius of Rhodes]], 1.164</ref>
*Eurynome, daughter of [[Iphitus]] and mother of [[Adrastus]] of Argos by [[Talaus]].<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#70 70]</ref> In some accounts, she was called the daughter of [[Apollo]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index|last=Murray|first=John|year=1833|location=Albemarle Street, London|pages=19}}</ref>
*Eurynome, waiting woman of [[Penelope]] in the ''[[Odyssey]]''.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' 17.495</ref>
*Eurynome, a handmaiden of [[Harmonia (mythology)|Harmonia]].<ref>[[Nonnus]], 41.312</ref>
*Eurynome, a [[Lemnos|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 [[Thracia]]n woman.<ref>[[Gaius Valerius Flaccus|Valerius Flaccus]], 2.136 ff.</ref>
*Eurynome, an alternate name for [[Eidothea (Greek myth)|Eidothea]], the daughter of [[Proteus]].<ref>[[Zenodotus]] in [[scholia]] on Homer, ''Odyssey'' 4.366</ref>
*Eurynome, a daughter of [[Asopus]] and mother of [[Ogygias (mythology)|Ogygias]] by [[Zeus]], according to a late source.<ref>[[Clement of Alexandria]], ''Recognitiones'' 10.21</ref>

==See also==
*[[Eurynomos]]

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus]], ''Argonautica'' translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ValeriusFlaccus1.html Online version at the Theoi Project].
* Gaius Valerius Flaccus, ''Argonauticon.'' Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2007.01.0058 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
*[[Hesiod]], ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/HesiodCatalogues.html Online version at the Theoi Project].
* [[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''Dionysiaca'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 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}}. [https://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.  [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-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}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]], ''Recognitions'' from [[Ante-Nicene Period|Ante-Nicene]] Library Volume 8'','' translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementRecognitions.html Online version at the Theoi Project].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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