Εὐρυμέδων

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In Greek mythology, Eurymedon (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυμέδων; "ruling far and wide") was the name of several minor figures:

• Eurymedon, in rare accounts, a Titan who fathered Prometheus by Hera.
• Eurymedon, king of the Gigantes, father of Periboea (mother of Nausithous by Poseidon). He brought destruction on his people and was himself destroyed.
• Eurymedon, one of the Cabiri, children of Hephaestus and Cabiro, a Thracian woman. He was the brother of Alcon. Eurymedon fought in the Indian War of Dionysus but he fled when attacked by Orontes.
• Eurymedon, possible father of Cinyras by the nymph Paphia.
• Eurymedon, one of the four sons of Minos and his concubine Pareia. His brothers were Nephalion, Chryses and Philolaus. Eurymedon was a resident of the island of Paros in the Cyclades but was slain by the hero Heracles.
• Eurymedon, son of Dionysus and Ariadne, one of the Argonauts. He was the brother of Phlias.
• Eurymedon, father of Andromache who was one of sacrificial victims of Minotaur.
• Eurymedon, father of Leanida who consorted with Zeus and became the mother of Coron.
• Eurymedon, defender of the Hypsistan gate at Thebes during the military campaign of the Seven against Thebes. He is the son of Faunus (Pan).
• Eurymedon, squire and charioteer of Agamemnon. He was the son of Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus), son of Peiraeus. Eurymedon's tomb was shown at Mycenae.
• Eurymedon, servant of Nestor.
• Eurymedon, a surname of Poseidon, Perseus and Hermes.

Historical figures

• Eurymedon (strategos) (died 413 BC), one of the Athenian generals (strategoi) during the Peloponnesian War
• Eurymedon of Myrrhinus, married Plato's sister, Potone; he was the father of Speusippus
• Eurymedon the hierophant, the representative of Eleusinian Demetra; together with the school of Isocrates and Demophilos they brought a charge of impiety against Aristotle

English (Autenrieth)

Eurymedon.—(1) son of Ptolemaeus, and charioteer of Agamemnon, Il. 4.228.—(2) a servant of Nestor, Il. 8.114, Il. 11.620.—(3) king of the Giants, father of Periboea, Od. 7.58.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Εὐρῠμέδων: οντος ὁ Эвримедонт
1 река в Памфилии, на берегах которой Кимон одержал победу над персами в 469 г. до н. э. Thuc., Xen.;
2 царь племени гигантов в Эпире Hom.;
3 возница Агамемнона Hom.