Eurymedousa

Eurymedousa or Eurymedusa (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυμέδουσα) is a name attributed to several women in

Greek mythology.

Eurymedousa, daughter of Cletor[1] or Achelous. Zeus approached and seduced her in the form of an ant,[2] she may also have been transformed into an ant.[3] As a result, she gave birth to Myrmidon.
Eurymedousa, an old woman from Apeire and the nanny and attendant of Nausicaa.[4]
Eurymedousa, possible mother of the Charites by Zeus.[5]
Eurymedousa, a daughter of Aetolus and possibly the mother of Oeneus by Porthaon.[6]
Eurymedousa, daughter of Polyxenus, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur rescued by Theseus.[7]

Notes

Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus 2. p.41 (p. 34)
Clement of Alexandria, Exhortations Book 2

Eurymedusa, the daughter of Achelaus, being changed into an ant, of whom Myrmidon;

Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10, Chapter XXII.
Homer. Odyssey, 7.1.
Cornutus Compendium Theologiae Graecae, 15
Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women, 133

Servius on Aeneid, 6. 21

References

Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
Titus Flavius Clemens, Exhortation against the Pagans translated by Butterworth, G W. Loeb Classical Library Volume 92. Cambridge, MA. Harvard Universrity Press. 1919. Online version at theio.com

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