Euanthe (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Euanthe (/juːˈæn.θiː/; Ancient Greek: Εὐάνθη, romanized: Euánthē, lit. 'fair-flowered' or 'lovely blossom') may refer to the following personages:
- Euanthe, mother of the Charites: Aglaia, Euphrosyne and Thalia by Zeus.[1] Other names for the mother of the Charites were Eurynome,[2] Eunomia,[3] Eurydome, and Eurymedousa.[1]
- Euanthe, one of the would-be sacrificial victims of Minotaur.[4]
- Euanthe or Euantheia (Εὐανθεία), mother of Cyzicus by Aineus, son of Apollo and Stilbe.[5]
References
- 1 2 Cornutus, Compendium Theologiae Graecae 15 Gk text (Torres, pp. 15–6)
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 907; Onomacritus, fr.; Apollodorus, 1.3.1; Callimachus, Aetia fr. 6; Pausanias, 9.35.1; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ↑ Orphic Hymn 60
- ↑ black-figure painting on a vessel by Archicles and Glaucytes, from Vulci, in Munich; CIG 4. 8139
- ↑ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.948