Euryganea

Family: Thebes · Role: daughter of Hyperphas · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 5

In Book 9, Chapter 5, Euryganea is identified as the daughter of Hyperphas and wife of Œdipus. In the same chapter, Onatas painted her “dejected at the quarrels of her sons.”

Relationship record

Book 9 · Chapter 5

• married with Œdipus (Euryganea is presented as the mother of Œdipus's children, implying a union with Œdipus.) “So they were the children of Euryganea the daughter of Hyperphas”
• parent: Hyperphas (Parent-to-child direction.) “Euryganea the daughter of Hyperphas”
• with Onatas (Onatas painted Euryganea) “Onatas also painted for the people of Platæa Euryganea dejected at the quarrels of her sons.”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.