Euboea (; Ancient Greek: Εὔβοια means 'well-cattle') was the name of several women in Greek mythology. Euboea, one of the Argive naiad daughters of the river-god Asterion. She and her sisters, Acraea and Prosymna, were the nurses of Hera.Pausanias, 2.17.1. Euboea, mother of TriopasScholia on Euripides, Orestes 920. and possibly ArestorScholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 1116 by Phorbas. Euboea, one of the naiad daughters of the river-god AsopusCorinna, fr. 654 Campbell, pp. 26–35. and possibly Metope, the river-nymph daughter of the river Ladon.Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1. She was the sister of Aegina, Thebe, Plataea, Sinope, Thespia, Tanagra, Corcyra and Salamis. The last two and 'lovely' Euboea were all abducted by Poseidon from their father. The god brought her to EuboeaNonnus, 42.411 where she became the eponymous heroine of the island.Eustathius on Homer, p. 278; Strabo, 10.1.3; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Euboia She may identical with Chalcis or Combe,Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Khalkis. daughters of Asopus in some myths. Euboea, daughter of Larymnus. She and Polybus of Sicyon were possible parents of Glaucus.Athenaeus, 7.296b (p. 329). Euboea, daughter of Macareus, king of Locris. She bore Apollo a son, Agreus.Hyginus, Fabulae 161. Euboea's possible sister was Megaclite, consort of Zeus.Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21 Euboea, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and MegamedeApollodorus, 2.4.10; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.222 or by one of his many wives.Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.2. When Heracles hunted and ultimately slew the Cithaeronian lion,Apollodorus, 2.4.9. Euboea and her other sisters, except for one,Pausanias, 9.27.6; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, f.n. 51. all lay with the hero in a night,Pausanias, 9.27.6–7; Gregorius Nazianzenus, Orat. IV, Contra Julianum I (Migne S. Gr. 35.661). a weekAthenaeus, 13.4 with Herodorus as the authority; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3, f.n. 51. or for 50 daysApollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3; Tzetzes, Chiliades 2.224. as their father strongly desired.Apollodorus, 2.4.10; Diodorus Siculus, 4.29.3 Euboea bore Heracles a son, Olympus.Apollodorus, 2.7.8.

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