Eurynome (daughter of Oceanus)

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Vase painting by the Kadmos Painter from approx. 400 BC Chr. Eurynomials on the left margin

Eurynome ( ancient Greek Εὐρυνόμη Eurynómē [ Eu̯runómɛː ], German 'wide donor' ) is one of the Oceanids , the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys . Her name is composed of the Greek. Εὐρύς Eurys [ Eurus ], German , wide, far '  - related to Mycenaean. <eu-ru-> / eu̯ru- / as a prefix for proper names and ai. urú- ‚far '- and νόμη nómē [ nómɛː ], German ‚ pasture place / -futter / -vieh; Distribution / distribution ' .

Eurynome and Thetis hid Hephaestus in the sea for nine years from the wrath of Heras after she had thrown him from Olympus , whereupon he made many tools for the two sea goddesses. Due to this common act, a common relationship as daughters of Nereus ( Nereids ) was assumed. With Zeus, whose third wife she was, according to many ancient scholars, Eurynome fathered the three Charites / Graces Aglaia , Euphrosyne and Thalia , and according to some ancient people also the river god Asopos . However, according to a song by Orpheus, she was married to the snake god Ophioneus (Ophion), with whom she was ruler of the gods before Kronos and Rhea . They were defeated by them and thrown into the sea. Nevertheless, like this one, it is counted among the Titans by Callimachus and appears as a reading next to Erytheia and Euryale on an inscription on the Pergamon Altar .

According to Pausanias , Eurynome was worshiped in Phigalia in Arcadia : A sanctuary in the middle of cypress forests , which was difficult to access due to the uneven ground, was dedicated to her, in which there was a cult image made of wood . Pausanias could not see this as the sanctuary was only opened to the public once a year and was otherwise closed. He was told, however, that golden chains encompassed the wood image and was human up to the hips, underneath as a fish - similar to a modern mermaid  . The people of Phigalia saw Eurynomials as the byname of the goddess Artemis and used it in the epiclesis , although there was no resemblance to the wood picture. She was sacrificed by the state and private parties.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hesiod Theogony 358; Homer Iliad 18:39; Library of Apollodorus 1, 8.
  2. ↑ Homer Iliad 18, 392-405.
  3. ↑ On the other hand, Homer Iliad 18, 39–49 and Eustathios von Thessalonike's commentary on Homer's Iliad 4, 199; compare Zenodotus from Ephesus Scholium to Odyssey 4, 366.
  4. ↑ Hesiod Theogony 907-908; Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 13th
  5. ↑ Libraries of Apollodor 1, 13; on the various family trees of the Charites, see Pausanias 9, 35, 4–7.
  6. ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 156.
  7. ↑ Apollonios of Rhodes 1, 503–506 (probably taken over from Pherecytes of Syros ); Scholium of Aeschylus The bound Prometheus 955–963; Scholium at Aratos from Soloi 16; Scholium to Aristophanes The clouds 247a; Scholium at Hesiod works and days 111a; Scholium to Homer Iliad 18, 398-399c; compare Nonnos von Panopolis Dionysiaka , 2, 572-574 and 8, 160-164.
  8. ↑ Orphic Fragments 29.
  9. ↑ Callimachus, fragment 6; compare Scholium to Hesiod's works and days 111a.
  10. ↑ Ernst Fabricius u. Carl Schuchhardt , The Inscriptions of Pergamon, ed. v. Max Fränkel , Berlin 1890, fr. 110; P. 64; accessible on the internet .
  11. ↑ Pausanias 8: 41, 4-6.