Euryganeia

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Euryganeia ( ancient Greek Εὐρυγάνεια ) or Eurygane (ancient Greek Εὐρυγάνη ) is the second wife of Oedipus in Greek mythology .

According to Pausanias , it was reported in the epic Oidipodeia that Oidipus married the daughter of Hyperphas Euryganeia after the suicide of his wife and mother Iokaste and with her fathered the children Eteocles , Polynices , Antigone and Ismene . The same myth is reproduced in the library of Apollodorus and - without mentioning the children's names - by a Peisandros in a Scholion to Euripides Phoinissai , Peisandros being the only one to name them Eurygane . Pherecydes gives Periphas as the form of the name of the father of Euryganeia.

The painter Onasias made in the 5th century BC In the temple of Athene Areia in Plataiai a painting of the fighting brothers Eteocles and Polynices, on which Euryganeia was also depicted.

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  1. a b Pausanias 9, 5, 11.
  2. Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 55.
  3. Scholion to Euripides Phoinissai 1760; on the Scholion Elbert L. de Kock: The Peisandros Scholium - its Sources, Unity and Relationship to Euripides' Chrysippos. In: Acta Classica. Volume 5, 1962, pp. 15-36 ( online ); On the author's question also Rudolf Keydell : The poets named Peisandros. In: Hermes . Volume 70, Heft 3, 1935, pp. 301-311, especially pp. 310 f.
  4. Pherecydes at Scholion to Euripides Phoinissai 53.