Euphemus (mythology)

For the Athenian archon chronicled in Thucydides, see Euphemus (archon).

In Greek mythology, Euphemus (/juːˈfiːməs/; Ancient Greek: Εὔφημος Eὔphēmos, pronounced [eʊ̯́pʰɛːmos] "reputable") was the name of several distinct characters:

• Euphemus, son of Poseidon and an Argonaut.^[1]
• Euphemus, a descendant of the river god Axius and the father of the hero Eurybarus who defeated the female monster Sybaris.^[2]
• Euphemus, father of Daedalus by Hyginus,^[3] possibly by mistake instead of Eupalamus.
• Euphemus, son of Troezenus and a leader of the Thracian Cicones. He was an ally of the Trojans.^[4][5] According to late writers, he was killed either by Achilles^[6] or by one of the following four: Diomedes, Idomeneus and the two Ajaxes who at one point united to attack the opponents.^[7]
• Euphemus, surname of Zeus on Lesbos.^[8]

Notes

1. Apollonius Rhodius, 1.182
2. Antoninus Liberalis, 8 as cited in Boeus' Ornithogonia
3. Hyginus, Fabulae 39.
4. Homer, Iliad 2.846
5. T. W. Allen, "The Homeric Catalogue", The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol 30 (1910), pp 292-322 at p 314 JSTOR 624307 accessed 23 November 2011.
6. Dares Phrygius, 21
7. Dictys Cretensis, 2.43
8. Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. Euphemos

References

• Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Dares Phrygius, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at theio.com
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.