Eurynomus (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Eurynomos (/jʊəˈrɪnəməs/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύνομος; Latin Eurynomus) may refer to the following characters:

Eurynomos, a spirit of the underworld.^[1]
Eurynomos, according to Ovid, one the Centaurs who fought against the Lapiths at the wedding of Hippodamia.^[2]
Eurynomos, a son of Magnes and Phylodice and brother of Eioneus. He was the father of Hippios, who was devoured by Sphinx,^[3] and of Orsinome, who married Lapithes.^[4]
Eurynomos, a defender of Troy killed by Ajax the Great.^[5]
Eurynomus, the third son of Aigyptios^[6] and brother of Antiphos. He was one of the Suitors of Penelope from Ithaca along with 11 other wooers.^[7] Eurynomus, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[8]

Notes

^ Pausanias, 10.28.7
^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.311
^ Scholia ad Euripides, Phoenissae 1760
^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.2
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.530
^ Homer, Odyssey 2.22 & 22.242
^ Apollodorus, E.7.30
^ Apollodorus, E.7.33

References

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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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. 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. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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