Eurybia
Eurybia ( Greek Εὐρύβια , the mighty one ) is in Greek mythology the daughter of the sea god Pontus and the earth goddess Gaia .
Her heart is said to have been made of steel. Eurybia's siblings are the sea monster Keto and the sea gods Nereus , Phorkys and Thaumas . From the titan Kreios she is the mother of Astraios , Pallas and Perses .
literature
- Otto Waser : Eurybia 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 1320.
- Friedrich A. Voigt: Eurybia 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1420 ( digitized version ).
- Michael Grant and John Hazel: Lexicon of Ancient Myths and Figures. dtv, Munich 1980. p. 148. ISBN 3-423-32508-9 .
Web links
- Eurybia in the Theoi Project (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hesiod : Theogony 237. (Ancient Greek and German)
- ↑ Hesiod: Theogony 375 ff.
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 1, 2, 6. (ancient Greek) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , (English)
