Eumelus (
Gadeirus), the younger twin brother of
Atlas in
Plato's myth of
Atlantis,[1] and the son of
Poseidon and
Cleito, daughter of the
autochthonEvenor and
Leucippe.[2] His other brothers were:
Ampheres and
Evaemon,
Mneseus and
Autochthon,
Elasippus and
Mestor, and lastly,
Azaes and
Diaprepes.[3] Eumelus, along with his nine siblings, became the heads of ten royal houses, each ruling a tenth portion of the island, according to a partition made by Poseidon himself, but all subject to the supreme dynasty of Atlas who was the eldest of the ten.[4]
Eumelus, companion of
Triptolemus. He had a son
Antheias who tried to ride the chariot of Triptolemus but fell off and died. Eumelus was the first to settle in the land of
Patrae in
Achaea and founded Antheia in memory of his son.[6]
Eumelus, son of
Eugnotus and father of
Botres. He killed his son for having eaten the brains of a sheep that had been sacrificed before it had been put on the altar.[7]
Eumelus, succeeded his father
Admetus as the King of
Pherae, and his mother was
Alcestis, daughter of King
Pelias of
Iolcus. Eumelus married
Iphthime, daughter of
Icarius of
Sparta, and possibly by her, became the father of
Zeuxippus.[8] Eumelus was one of the "suitors of
Helen" and thus, led Pherae and
Iolcus in the
Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. Although one of the best Achaean charioteers, he was the fifth and last in the chariot races because of Athena's sabotage at
Patroclus's funeral. Eumelus was also one of the Greeks in the
Trojan Horse.
Eumelus, also known as
Eumeles or
Eumedes, a herald and father of
Dolon and five girls.[9]
Eumelus, a companion of
Aeneas. This is the man who brought the news that the fleet of the hero in
Sicily was on fire[10]
Publius Vergilius Maro (1910).
Aeneid. Translated by Theodore C. Williams. Boston: Houghton Mifflin – via Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Vergilius Maro (1900).
Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. Translated by J. B. Greenough. Boston: Ginn & Co. – via Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Eumelus (
Gadeirus), the younger twin brother of
Atlas in
Plato's myth of
Atlantis,[1] and the son of
Poseidon and
Cleito, daughter of the
autochthonEvenor and
Leucippe.[2] His other brothers were:
Ampheres and
Evaemon,
Mneseus and
Autochthon,
Elasippus and
Mestor, and lastly,
Azaes and
Diaprepes.[3] Eumelus, along with his nine siblings, became the heads of ten royal houses, each ruling a tenth portion of the island, according to a partition made by Poseidon himself, but all subject to the supreme dynasty of Atlas who was the eldest of the ten.[4]
Eumelus, companion of
Triptolemus. He had a son
Antheias who tried to ride the chariot of Triptolemus but fell off and died. Eumelus was the first to settle in the land of
Patrae in
Achaea and founded Antheia in memory of his son.[6]
Eumelus, son of
Eugnotus and father of
Botres. He killed his son for having eaten the brains of a sheep that had been sacrificed before it had been put on the altar.[7]
Eumelus, succeeded his father
Admetus as the King of
Pherae, and his mother was
Alcestis, daughter of King
Pelias of
Iolcus. Eumelus married
Iphthime, daughter of
Icarius of
Sparta, and possibly by her, became the father of
Zeuxippus.[8] Eumelus was one of the "suitors of
Helen" and thus, led Pherae and
Iolcus in the
Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. Although one of the best Achaean charioteers, he was the fifth and last in the chariot races because of Athena's sabotage at
Patroclus's funeral. Eumelus was also one of the Greeks in the
Trojan Horse.
Eumelus, also known as
Eumeles or
Eumedes, a herald and father of
Dolon and five girls.[9]
Eumelus, a companion of
Aeneas. This is the man who brought the news that the fleet of the hero in
Sicily was on fire[10]
Publius Vergilius Maro (1910).
Aeneid. Translated by Theodore C. Williams. Boston: Houghton Mifflin – via Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Vergilius Maro (1900).
Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. Translated by J. B. Greenough. Boston: Ginn & Co. – via Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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.