Euryale (Gorgon)
| Euryale | |
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| Personal information | |
| Parents | Phorcys and Ceto |
| Siblings | Stheno, Medusa, the Graeae, Thoosa, the Hesperides, Echidna, and Ladon |
| Consort | Poseidon |
Euryale (/jʊəˈraɪəli/ yoor-EYE-ə-lee; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυάλη, lit. 'far-roaming'), in Greek mythology, was the second eldest of the Gorgons, the three sisters that have the hair of living, venomous snakes.
Family[]
Euryale and her sisters were daughters of primordial sea god and goddess Phorcys and Ceto, who personified the dangers of the sea.[1][2][3][4] According to Hyginus, the parents of the Gorgons were Gorgon and Ceto.[5] In some variations of the myth of Orion, she is the hunter's mother by Poseidon, who lay with her following Medusa's death.
Mythology[]
Euryale and her sister Stheno were immortal, whereas Medusa was mortal. Euryale, like Stheno and Medusa, also had the ability to turn anyone to stone with her gaze.[6] In many stories, Euryale is noted for her bellowing cries, particularly in the tale of Medusa's death at Perseus' hands, in which her anguished howls could make stone crumble to sand.[3][4]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony 276
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.2.6 & 2.4.2
- ^ Jump up to: a b Pindar, Pythian Ode 12.20
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nonnus, Dionysiaca 25.58
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ^ Rengel, Kathleen N. Daly ; revised by Marian (2009). Greek and Roman mythology, A to Z (3rd ed.). New York: Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 9781604134124.
References[]
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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