Eurybia (mythology)

Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} In Greek mythology, Eurybia (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx, meaning "wide-force"Template:Cn), described as "[having] a heart of flint within her",<ref>Hesiod, Theogony 233–239.</ref> was the daughter of Pontus and Gaia,<ref>Hesiod, Theogony 233–239; Apollodorus, 1.2.6.</ref> consort to the Titan Crius, and mother of Astraeus, Perses, and Pallas.<ref>Hesiod, Theogony 375–377; Apollodorus, 1.2.2.</ref> An older, relatively minor deity, her role in most mythology is as the ancestor of other gods, and she often plays no role in the mythology.

References

• Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Hesiod, Theogony, in The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, Massachusetts., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.