Eudora (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Eudora or Eudore (Ancient Greek: Εὐδώρη[1] means 'early' or 'leading'[2] or 'she of good gifts'[3]) was a name given to three nymphs:

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  1. ^ Smith, s.v. Eudora.
  2. ^ Bane, p. 130.
  3. ^ Kerényi, Carl (1951). The Gods of the Greeks. London: Thames and Hudson. pp. 41, 64.
  4. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 360
  5. ^ a b Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 130. ISBN 9780786471119.
  6. ^ Hesiod, Theogony 243; Apollodorus, 1.2.7
  7. ^ Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.21.1, Fabulae 192; Scholium on Aratus' Phenomena = Hesiod fr. 227a Most, pp. 300, 301 = Hesiod fr. 291 MW.
  8. ^ Eustathius on Homer's Iliad 1156
  9. ^ Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.21.1 with Asclepiades as the authority
  10. ^ Scholium on Aratus' Phenomena = Hesiod fr. 227a Most, pp. 300, 301 = Hesiod fr. 291 MW.
  11. ^ Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.21.4 with Musaeus as the authority
  12. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 192
  13. ^ Hyginus, De Astronomica 2.21.4 with Alexander as the authority

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