Eurymedon (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Eurymedon (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυμέδοντα; "ruling far and wide") was the name of several minor figures:

• Eurymedon. in rare accounts, a Titan who fathered Prometheus by Hera.[1]
• Eurymedon, king of the Gigantes, father of Periboea (mother of Nausithous by Poseidon). He brought destruction on his people and was himself destroyed.[2]
• Eurymedon, one of the Cabiri, children of Hephaestus and Cabiro, a Thracian woman. He was the brother of Alcon. Eurymedon fought in the Indian War of Dionysus but he fled when attacked by Orontes.[3]
• Eurymedon, possible father of Cinyras by the nymph Paphia.[4]
• Eurymedon, one of the four sons of Minos and his concubine Pareia. His brothers were Nephalion, Chryses and Philolaus. Eurymedon was a resident of the island of Paros in the Cyclades but was slain by the hero Heracles.[5]
• Eurymedon, son of Dionysus and Ariadne, one of the Argonauts.[6]
• Eurymedon, father of Andromache who was one of sacrificial victims of Minotaur.[7]
• Eurymedon, father of Leanida who consorted with Zeus and became the mother of Coron.
• Eurymedon, defender of the Hypsistan gate at Thebes during the military campaign of the Seven against Thebes. He is the son of Faunus (Pan).[8]
• Eurymedon, squire and charioteer of Agamemnon. He was the son of Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus), son of Peiraeus.[9] Eurymedon's tomb was shown at Mycenae.[10]
• Eurymedon, servant of Nestor.[11]
• Eurymedon, a surname of Poseidon,[12] Perseus[13] and Hermes.[14]