Eurymedusa (mother of Myrmidon)

Eurymedusa ( Greek  Εὐρυμέδουσα ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

She was a daughter of the Arcadian prince Kleitor and granddaughter of Azan . The god father Zeus made her happy in the form of an ant (μύρμηξ, Myrmex  ), after which she gave birth to him Myrmidon , the progenitor of the Myrmidons .

According to another twist on the legend, Myrmex was the name of her mortal husband, and Zeus took his appearance in order to approach her.

literature

• Karl Tümpel : Myrmidon . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 3313 ( digitized version ).
• Hans von Geisau : Myrmidon 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 1521.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Gemoll : Greek-German school and hand dictionary . G. Freytag / Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky, Munich / Vienna 1965, p. 513.
2. ↑ Clement of Alexandria , Admonition to the Greeks 39, 6; Hyginus , Fabulae 72.