Eurythemis (daughter of Akastus)

Eurythemis ( ancient Greek Εὐρύθεμις ) is a female person in Greek mythology .

According to a version of the saga communicated by the Byzantine scholar Johannes Tzetzes, Eurythemis was the daughter of Akastus and married Aktor , to whom she gave birth to the strong Arcadian hero Ankaios . According to the main tradition, Ankaios was rather the son of Lycurgus from Tegea .

literature

Ulrich Hoefer : Eurythemis 2) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, column 1357.
Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Eurythemis 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1433 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

^ Tzetzes, Commentary on Lykophron 488.
↑ Johannes Toepffer : Ankaios 1). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2218.

[1] Tzetzes, Commentary on Lykophron 488.

[2] Johannes Toepffer : Ankaios 1). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2218.