Euboia (daughter of Asopus)

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Euboia ( Greek  Εὔβοια ) is a nymph of Greek mythology and eponymous heroine of the island of Euboea .

As the namesake of Euboea, it is first reliably attested by Aristotle . In Eustathios of Thessalonike she is the daughter of the river god Asopos , Stephanos of Byzantium also knows her, but does not name a father. According to Nonnos of Panopolis , she is a lover of the sea god Poseidon , who was transformed into the island of Euboia by him. Sometimes she is identified with the Naiad Chalkis , daughter of Asopos and Metope , who is said to have given the Euboean city of Chalkis its name.

According to Karl Tümpel , their legend originated with the transfer of the Argive Io myth to Euboea, with which the nurses of Hera , among them Euboia , became known on the island.

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Web links

  • Euboia in the Greek Myth Index (English)
  • Euboia in the Theoi Project (English)

Individual evidence

  1. Aristotle , Fragment 105 in Strabo 10, 445. Fragmenta historicorum graecorum II 141.
  2. a b Eustathios of Thessalonike , Commentary on Homer 278f.
  3. Nonnos of Panopolis 42, 411.