Galaxy/The codex of Eriopis

In Greek mythology, Eriopis (Ancient Greek: Ἐριῶπις) was the wife of godlike Oileus of Locris and stepmother of Medon; Homer says Medon fled to Phylace after slaying a man of her kin. Scholia also name her (as Eriope or Alcimache) mother of Ajax the Lesser.

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I.Wife of Oileus

In the Iliad Medon, bastard son of Oileus and brother of Ajax, dwells in Phylace far from Locrian land because he had slain a kinsman of his stepmother Eriopis, whom Oileus had to wife. Homer thus presents her as the legitimate consort whose family feud drove the exile; later scholia add that she was daughter of Pheres and Clymene, also called Eriope or Alcimache, and mother of Ajax the Lesser.

II.Homonyms

This atlas entry (eriopis-phthian) is Oileus' wife and Medon's stepmother. Distinct from Eriopis daughter of Apollo and Arsinoe; from Eriopis daughter of Jason and Medea; and from Eriopis consort of Anchises and mother of a Hippodamia.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameEriopis (Ἐριῶπις)
Typemortal
Domainswife of Oileus · stepmother of Medon
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