Eurylophe

Eurylophe ( ancient Greek Εὐρυλόφη ) is a figure in Greek mythology . She was considered an Amazon who went into battle "like a man".

Eurylophe was a comrade of the Amazon queen Penthesileia and fell with her in the battle before Troy against the Greek hero Achilles .

literature

• Adolf Klügmann : Eurylophe . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1424 ( digitized version ).
• Ulrich Hoefer : Eurylophe. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 1333.

Remarks

1. ^ Johannes Tzetzes , Posthomerica 181.