Eurymedousa

Eurymedousa (or Eurymedusa; Greek Εὐρυμέδουσα) is a name attributed to several women in Greek mythology.

• Eurymedousa, daughter of Cletor or Achelous. Zeus approached and seduced her in the form of an ant,^[1] she may also has been transformed into an ant.^[2] As a result, she gave birth to Myrmidon.
• Eurymedousa, an old woman from Apeire and the nanny and attendant of Nausicaa.^[3]
• Eurymedousa, possible mother of the Charites by Zeus.^[4]
• Eurymedousa, a daughter of Aetolus and possibly the mother of Oeneus by Porthaon.^[5]
• Eurymedousa, daughter of Polyxenus, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur rescued by Theseus.^[6]

References

1. Clement. Exhortation to the Greeks, Book 1.
2. Clement. Recognitions, Chapter XXII.
3. Homer. Odyssey, 7.1.
4. Cornutus Compendium Theologiae Graecae, 15
5. Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women, 133
6. Servius on Aeneid, 6. 21