In the genealogical accounts preserved in classical and later summaries, Eurydice is presented as a daughter of Lacedaemon (Lacedaimon/Sparta). She marries Acrisius, king of Argos, and by him becomes the mother of Danaë. Through Danaë, she is placed in the direct ancestral line of the hero Perseus, serving as a dynastic connector between Spartan and Argive royal houses in heroic-age genealogies.
The supplied sources do not provide a physical or iconographic description of Eurydice of Argos; she is referenced only in genealogical and narrative contexts as wife, queen, and mother.
Sources attribute no supernatural powers to Eurydice; her agency in the material is social and genealogical—marriage to Acrisius and motherhood of Danaë that situates her as an ancestor of Perseus. No magical, prophetic, or cultic abilities are ascribed in the cited excerpts.
Acarnan
Acarnan (Ancient Greek: Ἀκαρνάν) is an anthroponym attested in Greek mythic and epic tradition as the name of at least two distinct mortal figures: a son of Alcmaeon and Callirrhoe, and a human suitor of Penelope from Dulichium. The lexical form also appears adjectivally/ethnically (Acarnanian), linking the word to the region Acarnania; etymologically the name is reported as derived from a Greek fish-name (akarnan).
Eurybius
Eurybius (Ancient Greek: Εὐρύβιος, Eurybios) is a personal name borne by multiple mortal personages in Greek mythic genealogies — notably a son of Neleus of Pylos and a son of Eurystheus of Tiryns. Attestations are genealogical and narrative, recording parentage and reported fates rather than supernatural attributes.
Eurycleia
Eurycleia is a mortal household nurse and longtime attendant in the Homeric tradition, famed as the wet-nurse of Odysseus and a trusted domestic figure who recognizes Odysseus on his return by a scar and keeps his secret. She functions as an intimate caregiver, keeper of household memory, and an agent of domestic authority within Odysseus's household in Ithaca.
Eurycleia of Ithaca
Eurycleia is the aged wet-nurse and long-serving household attendant of Odysseus in the Homeric tradition. Portrayed as a loyal, discreet domestic servant, she functions as caretaker, keeper of household secrets, and intermediary within Odysseus's oikos on Ithaca rather than as a supernatural being.
Eurycyda
Eurycyda (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυκύδα), also called Eurypyle in some sources, is an Elean princess in Greek mythic genealogy, daughter of Endymion and mother by Poseidon of Eleius, the eponymous ancestor of the Eleans and the region Elis. She functions as an etiological/dynastic ancestress rather than a supernatural cult figure.
Eurydamas
Eurydamas (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδάμᾱς) is an anthroponym attested for several distinct mortal figures in Greek myth and later cultural reuse. Bearers of the name appear in the Aegyptus/Danaids cycle, among the Argonauts, in various accounts of the Trojan War, and as one of the suitors of Penelope; the supplied sources do not present Eurydamas as a singular supernatural being.
Eurydice
In Greek myth, Eurydice (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη) is the wife of the poet‑musician Orpheus whose death by a viper and conditional retrieval from Hades frames themes of love, loss, and the limits of reversing death. She is treated in the literature as an individuated mortal figure associated with the boundary between life and the underworld rather than a recurring spirit type.
Eurydice of Mycenae
Eurydice appears in Greek tradition in at least two distinct roles: as a daughter of Pelops who marries Electryon and becomes mother of Alcmena (linking her to the Heracles genealogies), and as the nymph or wife of Orpheus whose death by snakebite triggers Orpheus's descent into the Underworld. She is treated in sources as a mortal or semi-divine narrative figure rather than an independent cultic deity or recurring supernatural antagonist.
Eurydice of Pylos
A mortal queen in the Greek heroic tradition, named in Homer as the venerable wife of Nestor of Pylos and present with his household at a seaside sacrifice to Poseidon. Later mythographic traditions vary, sometimes naming Anaxibia in her place as Nestor’s consort and mother of his children.
Eurydice of Thebes
Eurydice of Thebes is a mortal royal figure in the Greek Theban mythic cycle, identified in the provided sources as the wife of Creon, king of Thebes. She is attested in modern summaries of mythic genealogies and in a recorded performance cast list for Sophocles' Antigone; the supplied materials treat her as a human character within tragic narratives rather than as a supernatural being.
Eurygone
Eurygone (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυγόνη) is a figure in the Homeric tradition recorded as a daughter of Aeolus of Lipara. She appears in genealogical lists within the Odyssey tradition and later scholia/commentary (e.g., Tzetzes) as one of the children yoked in marriage within Aeolus's household to preserve familial concord.
Eurylochus
Eurylochus is a mortal seaman in Homer's Odyssey, serving as Odysseus' second-in-command and leader of contingents of crewmen. He is portrayed through actions and speech as a cautious but quarrelsome subordinate whose persuasion and dissent contribute to critical narrative catastrophes (notably the slaughter of Helios' cattle).
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- [2]Eurydice of Argos — Wikipedia (expanded). Wikipedia summary and expanded genealogical notes referencing Eurydice as wife of Acrisius and mother of Danaëwiki
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