Eurynomus (mythology)

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

• Eurynomos, a spirit of the underworld.[1]
• Eurynomos, in the Odyssey, the third son of Aigyptios, brother of Antiphos and one of the suitors of Penelope.[2][3]
• Eurynomos, according to Ovid, one the Centaurs who fought against the Lapiths at the wedding of Hippodamia.[4]
• Eurynomos, a son of Magnes and Phylodice and brother of Eioneus. He was the father of Hippios, who was devoured by Sphinx,[5] and of Orsinome, who married Lapithes.[6]
• Eurynomos, a defender of Troy killed by Ajax the Great.[7]

Notes

1. Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.28.7
2. Homer, Odyssey 2.22 & 22.242
3. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome of Book 4.7.30
4. Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.311
5. Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 1760
6. Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.69.2
7. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall of Troy, 1. 530

References

• 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. 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. 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.
• 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.