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Eurymedon

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Eurymedon may refer to:

Historical figures

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  • Eurymedon (strategos) (died 413 BC), one of the Athenian generals (strategoi) during the Peloponnesian War
  • Eurymedon of Myrrhinus, married Plato's sister, Potone; he was the father of Speusippus
  • Eurymedon the hierophant, the representative of Eleusinian Demetra; together with the school of Isocrates and Demophilos they brought a charge of impiety against Aristotle

Greek mythology

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Geography

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Other uses

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See also

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  • Battle of the Eurymedon (466 BC), a double battle, taking place both on water and land, between the Delian League of Athens and her Allies, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I
  • Battle of the Eurymedon (190 BC), fought in 190 BC (approximate coordinates: 36°49'00"N, 31°10'20"E) between a Seleucid fleet and the navy of the city state of Rhodes, who were allied with the Roman Republic