In Greek mythology, Euonymus (Ancient Greek: Εὐώνυμος means 'well-named', a euphemistic epithet) was the son of Gaia by Uranus or Cephissus. He was the eponym of the deme Euonymeia, Attica, whereas his daughter Aulis gave her name to the city Aulis, Boeotia.[1]
Note
edit- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Euonymeia, Aulis
References
edit- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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