Euryale

In Greek mythology, Euryale (/jʊəˈraɪəli/ yoor-EYE-ə-lee; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυάλη, lit. 'far-roaming"') was the name of the following characters:

• Euryale, one of the Gorgons.[1][2][3]
• Euryale, daughter of Minos, possible mother of the great hunter Orion.[4][5][6]
• Euryale, one of the Amazons.[7]
• Euryale, possible spouse of Minyas (mythology).

See also

• Euryale, a genus of plants in the water lily family.

Notes

1. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.2.6 & 2.4.2
2. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
3. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 25.58
4. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.4.3
5. Hesiod, Astronomy fr. 4 as cited in Pseudo-Eratosthenes, Catasterisimi fr. 32
6. Hyginus, Astronomica 2.34
7. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 5.312

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. 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. Online version at theio.com.
• Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. 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. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.