Euryale

This article is about the Greek mythological characters named Euryale. For other uses, see Euryale (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Euryale (/jʊəˈraɪəli/ yoor-EYE-ə-lee; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυάλη, lit. 'far-roaming"') was the name of several mythological figures, including:

• Euryale, one of the three Gorgon sisters.^[1]

• Euryale, daughter of Minos, mother of the great hunter Orion.^[2]

• Euryale, one of the Amazons^[3]

Notes

1. Parada, s.v. Euryale 1; Hesiod, Theogony 270–277; Apollodorus, 1.2.6, 2.4.2; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface 9, 35; Nonnus, Dionysiaca 13.77–78, 25.58.
2. Parada, s.v. Euryale 2; Apollodorus, 1.4.3; Eratosthenes, Catasterismi 33 (Hard 2015, p. 101); Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.34.1.
3. Parada, Euryale 3; Valerius Flaccus, 5.612, 6.370.

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. 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. Google Books.
• Hyginus, Gaius Julius, De Astronomica, in The Myths of Hyginus, edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960. 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. 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. Online version at Harvard University Press. 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. Online version at Harvard University Press.