Euryale (Gorgon)

Euryale (/jʊəˈrəli/ yoor-EYE-ə-lee; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυάλη, lit. 'far-roaming'), in Greek mythology, was the second eldest of the Gorgons, the three sisters that have the hair of living, venomous snakes.

Euryale
Personal information
ParentsPhorcys and Ceto
SiblingsStheno, Medusa, the Graeae, Thoosa, the Hesperides, Echidna, and Ladon
ConsortPoseidon
ChildrenOrion

Family

Euryale and her sisters were daughters of primordial sea god and goddess Phorcys and Ceto, who personified the dangers of the sea.[1][2][3][4] According to Hyginus, the parents of the Gorgons were Gorgon and Ceto.[5] In some variations of the myth of Orion, she is the hunter's mother by Poseidon, who lay with her following Medusa's death.

Mythology

Euryale and her sister Stheno were immortal, whereas Medusa was mortal. Euryale, like Stheno and Medusa, also had the ability to turn anyone to stone with her gaze.[6] In many stories, Euryale is noted for her bellowing cries, particularly in the tale of Medusa's death at Perseus' hands, in which her anguished howls could make stone crumble to sand.[3][4]

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Notes

  1. Hesiod, Theogony 276
  2. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.2.6 & 2.4.2
  3. Pindar, Pythian Ode 12.20
  4. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 25.58
  5. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
  6. Rengel, Kathleen N. Daly ; revised by Marian (2009). Greek and Roman mythology, A to Z (3rd ed.). New York: Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 9781604134124.

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