In Greek mythology, '''Euneus''' (Ancient Greek: Εὔνηος) was a son of Jason and Queen Hypsipyle of Lemnos;<ref>Ovid, ''Heroides'' 6.119</ref> he had a twin brother whose name is variously given as Nebrophonus,<ref>Apollodorus, 1.9.17</ref> Thoas<ref>Euripides, ''Hypsipyle'' (fragments)</ref> or Deipylus.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 15</ref>
== Mythology == The children were separated from their mother after she was exiled from the island for having spared her own father Thoas. Later, the brothers participated in the funeral games of Opheltes (Archemorus), for whose death Hypsipyle was responsible.<ref>Statius, ''Thebaid'' 6.464 ff.</ref><ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 273</ref>
Euneus later became King of Lemnos. According to Homer, the Greek fleet on its way to Troy, in the generation after the ''Argo'' quest, was reprovisioned and victualled at Euneus' orders.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 7.465 ff</ref> He ransomed Lycaon, a Trojan prisoner, from Patroclus for a silver urn which had been once offered as a gift to his grandfather Thoas, the king of Lemnos, by the Phoenicians.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 23.747</ref>
The Euneidae, a Lemnian clan of cithara-players, regarded Euneus as their ancestor.<ref>Eustathius on Homer, p. 1327</ref><ref>Hesychius of Alexandria, s.v. Euneidai</ref>
== See also == * 7152 Euneus, Jovian asteroid
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== References ==
* Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website]. *Gaius Julius Hyginus, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] * Homer, ''The Iliad'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] *Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. * Publius Ovidius Naso, ''The Epistles of Ovid.'' London. J. Nunn, Great-Queen-Street; R. Priestly, 143, High-Holborn; R. Lea, Greek-Street, Soho; and J. Rodwell, New-Bond-Street. 1813. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0085%3Apoem%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] *Publius Papinius Statius'', The Thebaid'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] *Publius Papinius Statius, ''The Thebaid. Vol I-II''. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.] {{Characters in the Iliad}}
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