Euryanassa Explained

In Greek mythology, Euryanassa (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυάνασσα) is a name that may refer to:

• Euryanassa, daughter of the river-god Pactolus. She was the wife of Tantalus, and one of the possible mothers of Pelops,^[1] Broteas and Niobe.^[2]
• Euryanassa, daughter of Hyperphas, leader of the Phlegyans and thus, sister to Euryganeia, wife of Oedipus.^[3] She was the mother of Minyas by Poseidon.^[4]
• Euryanassa, a surname of Hebe^[5]

References

• Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, Moralia with an English Translation by Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1936. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Notes and References

1. [Plutarch]
2. [Tzetzes]
3. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
4. Scholia as Homer, Odyssey 11.326 = Hesiod, fr. 62 (Loeb edition, 1914)
5. [Hesychius of Alexandria]