Eurŏpæus, a patronymic of Minos the son of Europa. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 8, li. 23.
Europs, a king of Sicyon, son of Ægialeus, who died B.C. 1993. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 5.
Eurōpus, a king of Macedonia, &c. Justin, bk. 7, ch. 1.——A town of Macedonia on the Axius. Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 10.
Eurōtas, a son of Lelex, father to Sparta, who married Lacedæmon. He was one of the first kings of Laconia, and gave his name to the river which flows near Sparta. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 16.—Pausanias, bk. 3, ch. 1.——A river of Laconia flowing by Sparta. It was called, by way of eminence, Basilipotamos, the king of rivers, and worshipped by the Spartans as a powerful god. Laurels, reeds, myrtles, and olives grew on its banks in great abundance. Strabo, bk. 8.—Pausanias, bk. 3, ch. 1.—Livy, bk. 35, ch. 29.—Virgil, Eclogues, poem 6, li. 82.—Ptolemy, bk. 4.——A river in Thessaly near mount Olympus, called also Titaresus. It joined the Peneus, but was not supposed to incorporate with it. Strabo, bk. 6.—Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 8.
Etrōto, a daughter of Danaus by Polyxo. Apollodorus.
Eurus, a wind blowing from the eastern parts of the world. The Latins sometimes called it Vulturnus. Ovid, Tristia, bk. 1, poem 2; Metamorphoses, bk. 11, &c.
Euryăle, a queen of the Amazons, who assisted Æetes, &c. Flaccus, bk. 4.——A daughter of Minos, mother of Orion by Neptune.——A daughter of Prœtus king of Argos.——One of the Gorgons who was immortal. Hesiod, Theogony, li. 207.
Euryălus, one of the Peloponnesian chiefs who went to the Trojan war with 80 ships. Homer, Iliad, bk. 2.——An illegitimate son of Ulysses and Evippe. Sophocles.——A son of Melas, taken prisoner by Hercules, &c. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 8.——A Trojan who came with Æneas into Italy, and rendered himself famous for his immortal friendship with Nisus. See: [Nisus]. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 179.——A pleasant place of Sicily near Syracuse. Livy, bk. 25, ch. 25.——A Lacedæmonian general in the second Messenian war.
Erybătes, a herald in the Trojan war, who took Briseis from Achilles by order of Agamemnon. Homer, Iliad, bk. 1, li. 32.—Ovid, Heroides, poem 3.——A warrior of Argos, often victorious at the Nemean games, &c. Pausanias, bk. 1, ch. 29.——One of the Argonauts.
Eurybia, the mother of Lucifer and all the stars. Hesiod.——A daughter of Pontus and Terra, mother of Astræus, Pallas, and Perses by Crius.——A daughter of Thespius. Apollodorus.