Erimede

Erimede ( ancient Greek Ἐριμήδη or Ἐρυμήδη ) is a female figure in Greek mythology .

Erimede is the daughter of Damasiklos and the wife of Elatos , the son of Ikarios . From him she is the mother of Tainaros , the eponymous hero of the city of Tainaros, after whom Cape Tainaros was named.

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Erimede . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1309 ( digitized version ).
• Karl Tuempel : Erimede. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Col. 454.

proof

1. ↑ Pherecydes of Athens , fragment 88 from Scholion zu Apollonios von Rhodos 1, 102. In: Karl Müller , Theodor Müller , Victor Langlois (eds.): Fragmenta historicorum graecorum . Volume 1. p. 93.