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Eury'medon

3. A son of Ptolemaeus, and charioteer of Agamemnon; his tomb was shewn at Mycenae. (Hom. Il. 4.228; Paus. 2.16.5.) There are two more mythical personages of this name. (Hom. Od. 7.58; Apollod. 3.1.2.) Eurymedon signifies a being ruling far and wide, and occurs as a surname of several divinities, such as Poseidon (Pind. O. 8.31), Perseus (Apollon. 4.1514), and Hermes. (Hesvch. s. v.)

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  • Cross-references from this page (5):
    • Pseudo-Apollodorus, Library, 3.1.2
    • Homer, Odyssey, 7.58
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.16.5
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.228
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4.1514
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