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Eurynomê (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυνόμη, from , eurys, "broad" and , nomos, "pasture" or "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.
  • Eurynome or Eurymede, daughter of King Nisus of Megara and mother of Bellerophon by Poseidon or Glaucus.
  • Eurynome, mother by the Persian Orchamus of Leucothoe whom Helios loved.
  • Eurynome, wife of Lycurgus of Arcadia and mother of Amphidamas, Epochus, Ancaeus, and Iasus. Elsewhere is also called Cleophyle or Antinoe.
  • Eurynome, daughter of Iphitus and mother of Adrastus of Argos by Talaus. In some accounts, she was called the daughter of Apollo.
  • Eurynome, waiting woman of Penelope in the Odyssey.
  • Eurynome, a handmaiden of Harmonia.
  • 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.
  • Eurynome, an alternate name for Eidothea, the daughter of Proteus.
  • Eurynome, a daughter of Asopus and mother of Ogygias by Zeus, according to a late source.

See also

  • Eurynomos

Notes

References

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