Euryale

{{Short description|Set of mythological Greek characters}}

{{about|the Greek mythological characters named Euryale}}

In Greek mythology, Euryale ({{IPAc-en|j|ʊəˈr|aɪ|ə|l|i}} {{respell|yoor|EYE|ə|lee}}; {{langx|grc|Εὐρυάλη|lit=far-roaming"}}) was the name of several mythological figures, including:

  • Euryale, one of the three Gorgon sisters.Parada, s.v. Euryale 1; Hesiod, Theogony [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D270 270–277]; Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.2.6 1.2.6], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.4.2 2.4.2]; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface [https://topostext.org/work/206#p.9 9], [https://topostext.org/work/206#p.35 35]; Nonnus, Dionysiaca [https://archive.org/details/dionysiaca01nonnuoft/page/434/mode/2up 13.77–78], [https://archive.org/details/dionysiaca02nonnuoft/page/254/mode/2up?view=theater 25.58].
  • Euryale, daughter of Minos, mother of the great hunter Orion.Parada, s.v. Euryale 2; Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.4.3 1.4.3]; Eratosthenes, Catasterismi 33 (Hard 2015, [https://books.google.com/books?id=7IMSBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA101 p. 101]); Hyginus, De astronomia [https://topostext.org/work/207#2.34.1 2.34.1].
  • Euryale, one of the AmazonsParada, Euryale 3; Valerius Flaccus, [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/valerius_flaccus-argonautica/1934/pb_LCL286.291.xml?rskey=pt5Bc3&result=1 5.612], [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/valerius_flaccus-argonautica/1934/pb_LCL286.329.xml 6.370].

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References

  • Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [http://data.perseus.org/texts/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
  • Hard, Robin (2015), Eratosthenes and Hyginus: Constellation Myths, With Aratus's Phaenomena, Oxford University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-19-871698-3}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7IMSBwAAQBAJ Google Books].
  • Hyginus, Gaius Julius, De astronomia, in The Myths of Hyginus, edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960. [https://topostext.org/work/207 Online version at ToposText].
  • Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae, in The Myths of Hyginus, edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at ToposText].
  • Nonnus, Dionysiaca, Volume II: Books 16–35,, translated by W. H. D. Rouse, Loeb Classical Library No. 345, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1940. {{ISBN|978-0-674-99391-4}}. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL354/1940/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press]. [https://archive.org/stream/dionysiaca02nonnuoft#page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive (1940)].
  • Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. {{ISBN|978-91-7081-062-6}}.
  • Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, translated by J. H. Mozley, Loeb Classical Library No. 286. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL286/1934/volume.xml Online version at Harvard University Press].

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