Eurybia_(mythology)

Eurybia (mythology)

Eurybia (mythology)

Greek sea goddess

For other uses, see Eurybia (daughter of Thespius).

In Greek mythology, Eurybia (/jʊəˈrɪbiə/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυβία, Εὐρυβίη, meaning "wide-force"), described as "[having] a heart of flint within her",[1] was the daughter of Pontus and Gaia,[2] consort to the Titan Crius, and mother of Astraeus, Perses, and Pallas.[3] An older, relatively minor deity, her role in most mythology is as the ancestor of other gods, and she often plays no role in the mythology.

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Family of Eurybia and Crius
PontusGaiaUranus
EurybiaCrius
AstraeusEosPersesAsteriaPallasStyx
BoreasAstraeaHecateZelusKratos
NotusEosphorusNikeBia
EurusStars
Zephyrus

Notes

  1. [1]
    Hesiod, Theogony 233–239.
  2. [2]
    Hesiod, Theogony 233–239; Apollodorus, 1.2.6.
  3. [3]
    Hesiod, Theogony 375–377; Apollodorus, 1.2.2.

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