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Eurynomos (daemon)

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605: 492:, the poem called the Minyad, and the Returns, although they tell of Hades and its horrors, know of no daimon called Eurynomos. However, I will describe what he is like and his attitude in the painting. He is of a colour between blue and black, like that of meat flies; he is showing his teeth and is seated, and under him is spread a vulture's skin. 519: 557:
with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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Eurynomos, said by the Delphian guides to be one of the daimones of
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Index

Eurynomos
Eurynomus (mythology)
Greek underworld
Aeacus
Angelos
Arae
Ascalaphus
Cerberus
Ceuthonymus
Charon
Erinyes
Eurynomos
Hades
Hecate
Hypnos
Melinoë
Menoetius
Minos
Moirai
Nyx
Persephone
Pluto
Rhadamanthus
Thanatos
Zagreus
Acheron
Asphodel
Meadows

Cocytus
Elysium
Fortunate Isles

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