Nausimedon Explained

In Greek mythology, Nausimedon (Ancient Greek: Ναυσιμέδοντα) was a Euboean prince as the son of King Nauplius.^[1]

Family

Nausimedon's mother was either Clymene (daughter of King Catreus),^[2] Hesione,^[3] or Philyra.^[4] He was the brother of Oeax and the famous Palamedes.

Mythology

Nausimedon and his brother Oeax were killed by Pylades after helping Aegisthus in his fight with Orestes.^[5]

Notes

1. Book: Schmitz, Leonhard. Leonhard Schmitz

   . Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Little, Brown and Company. 1870. Smith. William. William Smith (lexicographer). 2. Boston. 1144. Nauplius 3. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofgree02smituoft/page/1144/mode/1up. Leonhard Schmitz.

2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
3. Web site: Hesione. oxfordreference.com. Oxford University Press.
4. Hard, p. 236; Gantz, p. 604; Apollodorus, 3.2.2 with Cercops as the authority for Hesione while Nostoi as the source for Philyra
5. Nausimedon and Oeax were referred only as Nauplius's sons in Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.22.6

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Gantz, Timothy, Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).
• Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, . Google Books.
• 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.