Eulimene (
Ancient Greek: Εὐλιμήνη Eulimenê means 'she of good haven'[1] or 'good-harbour-woman'[2]) was the name of two characters in
Greek mythology.
Eulimene of
Crete, daughter of
Cydon, and the girl who was betrothed to
Apterus (who was the most famous man among the cretans). In spite of this betrothal, she had an affair with another man,
Lycastus. When Cydon consulted the oracles to discover how to beat his enemies, they told him to sacrifice a virgin. He cast lots on all the virgins of the area, and the fatal lot was cast upon his own daughter. Even though Lycastus confessed to having slept with her, she was still condemned to death, after which an examination of her body proved that she had been pregnant.Apterus murdered Lycastus after the pregnancy of Eulimene was revealed, and he went into exile to
Xanthus at Termera(in
Lycia).[5]
Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004,
ISBN9780415186360.
Google Books.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Eulimene (
Ancient Greek: Εὐλιμήνη Eulimenê means 'she of good haven'[1] or 'good-harbour-woman'[2]) was the name of two characters in
Greek mythology.
Eulimene of
Crete, daughter of
Cydon, and the girl who was betrothed to
Apterus (who was the most famous man among the cretans). In spite of this betrothal, she had an affair with another man,
Lycastus. When Cydon consulted the oracles to discover how to beat his enemies, they told him to sacrifice a virgin. He cast lots on all the virgins of the area, and the fatal lot was cast upon his own daughter. Even though Lycastus confessed to having slept with her, she was still condemned to death, after which an examination of her body proved that she had been pregnant.Apterus murdered Lycastus after the pregnancy of Eulimene was revealed, and he went into exile to
Xanthus at Termera(in
Lycia).[5]
Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004,
ISBN9780415186360.
Google Books.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.