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Euboea (mythology)

Euboea (⫽juːˈbiːə⫽; Ancient Greek: Εὔβοια means 'well-cattle') was the name of several women in Greek mythology.

• Euboea, one of the Argive naiad daughters of the river-god Asterion. She and her sisters, Acraea and Prosymna, were the nurses of Hera.^[1]
• Euboea, mother of Triopas^[2] and possibly Arestor^[3]byPhorbas.
• Euboea, one of the naiad daughters of the river-god Asopus^[4] and possibly Metope, the river-nymph daughter of the river Ladon.^[5] She was the sister of Aegina, Thebe, Plataea, Sinope, Thespia, Tanagra, Corcyra and Salamis. The last two and 'lovely' Euboea were all abducted by Poseidon from their father.^[6] The god brought her to Euboea^[7] where she became the eponymous heroine of the island.^[8][9] She may identical with Chalcis^[5]orCombe,^[10] daughters of Asopus in some myths.
• Euboea, daughter of Larymnus. She and Polybus of Sicyon were possible parents of Glaucus.^[11]
• Euboea, daughter of Macareus, king of Locris. She bore Apollo a son, Agreus.^[12] Euboea's possible sister was Megaclite, consort of Zeus.^[13]
• Euboea, a Thespian princess as one of the 50 daughters of King Thespius and Megamede^[14] or by one of his many wives.^[15] When Heracles hunted and ultimately slayed the Cithaeronian lion,^[16] Euboea with her other sisters, except for one,^[17] all laid with the hero in a night,^[18] a week^[19] or for 50 days^[20] as what their father strongly desired it to be.^[21] Euboea bore Heracles a son, Olympus.^[22]

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