In Greek mythology, Eurynome (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυνόμη, from , eurys, "broad" and , nomos, "pasture" or "law") or EurymedeThe manuscripts of the Bibliotheca 1.9.3 give her name as Eurymede (). was a Megarian princess who became a queen of Corinth.
Family Eurynome was the daughter of King Nisus of Megara and possibly, Abrota of Onchestus,Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae 16 p. 295a thus sister to ScyllaHyginus, Fabulae 198 and Iphinoe.Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.39.6 She became the mother of the hero Bellerophon by PoseidonHyginus, Fabulae 157 even if she was wed to the Corinthian king Glaucus. By the latter, Eurynome probably bore Deliades (Alcimenes or Piren) who was killed by his own brother Bellerophon.Apollodorus, 1.9.3
Mythology
According to the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women, Athena herself taught the girl handiwork.Hesiod, Ehoiai 43(a)71 Sisyphus attempted to drive away her cattle, but ended up winning her as bride for his son Glaucus by the will of Athena.Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 43(a)75–82 But Zeus had ordained that Sisyphus would not leave behind any progeny, and Eurynome lay instead with Poseidon, giving birth to Bellerophon.
Hesiod's account Eurynome the daughter of Nisus, Pandion's son, to whom Pallas Athene taught all her art, both wit and wisdom too; for she was as wise as the gods. A marvellous scent rose from her silver raiment as she moved, and beauty was wafted from her eyes. Her, then, Glaucus sought to win by Athena's advising, and he drove oxen for her. But he knew not at all the intent of Zeus who holds the aegis. So Glaucus came seeking her to wife with gifts; but cloud-driving Zeus, king of the deathless gods, bent his head in oath that the . . . son of Sisyphus should never have children born of one father. So she lay in the arms of Poseidon and bare in the house of Glaucus blameless Bellerophon, surpassing all men in . . . over the boundless sea.Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 7.
Citations
General and cited references Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. 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. Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Moralia with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in four volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. Three vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.