Eurymedousa or Eurymedusa () is a name attributed to several women in Greek mythology.
Eurymedousa, daughter of CletorClement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 2. p.41 (p. 34) or Achelous. Zeus approached and seduced her in the form of an ant.Clement of Alexandria, Exhortations Book 2Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.22 As a result, she gave birth to Myrmidon. According to Cornutus, Eurymedousa was a possible mother of the Charites by Zeus.Cornutus, Compendium Theologiae Graecae 15 (Torres, pp. 15–6). Eurymedousa, an old woman from Apeire and the nanny and attendant of Nausicaa.Homer, Odyssey 7.1 Eurymedousa, a daughter of Aetolus and possibly the mother of Oeneus by Porthaon.Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 133 Eurymedousa, daughter of Polyxenus, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur rescued by Theseus.Servius on Aeneid 6.21
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