Euboea (mythology)

Euboea is the name of several women in Greek mythology.

  1. Euboea, a Naiad, daughter of the Boeotian river-god Asopus and of Metope.[1] Poseidon abducted her.[2] The island of Euboea was given her name.[3][4][5][6]
  2. Euboea, one of the daughters of the river-god Asterion. She and her sisters, Acraea and Prosymna, were the nurses of Hera.[7][8]
  3. Euboea, one of the fifty daughters of Thespius and Megamede. She bore Heracles a son Olympus.[9]
  4. Euboea, daughter of Macareus, king of Locris. She bore Apollo a son, Agreus.[10][11]
  5. Euboea, daughter of Larymnus. She and Polybus of Sicyon were possible parents of Glaucus.[12]
  6. Euboea, a heroine and eponym of the island of Euboea.[13][14] May be identical with one of the above.

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