In Greek mythology, Nausimedon (Ancient Greek: Ναυσιμέδοντα) was a Euboean prince as the son of King Nauplius.[1]

Family

Nausimedon's mother was either Clymene (daughter of King Catreus),[2] Hesione,[3] or Philyra.[4] He was the brother of Oeax and the famous Palamedes.

Mythology

Nausimedon and his brother Oeax were killed by Pylades after helping Aegisthus in his fight with Orestes.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Nauplius 3". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 1144.
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.5, 3.2.2 & Epitome 6.8; Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 1.1 & 6.2
  3. ^ "Hesione". oxfordreference.com. Oxford University Press.
  4. ^ Hard, p. 236; Gantz, p. 604; Apollodorus, 3.2.2 with Cercops as the authority for Hesione while Nostoi as the source for Philyra
  5. ^ Nausimedon and Oeax were referred only as Nauplius's sons in Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.22.6

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