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Eumelus was the name of:

  • Eumelus of Corinth
    Eumelus of Corinth

    Eumelus of Corinth or Eumelos of Korinthos, of the clan of the Bacchiadae, is a semi-legendary early Cyclic poets, the Corinthian author of the Prosodion, the treasured processional anthem of Messene independence that was performed on Delos....
    , an epic poet of the second half of the eighth century BC
  • Several men in Greek mythology
    Greek mythology

    Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
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    • A Eumelus succeeded Admetus
      Admetus

      In Greek mythology, Admetus /?d 'mi: t?s/ was a king of Pherae in Thessaly, succeeding his father Pheres after whom the city was named. Admetus was one of the Argonauts and took part in the Calydonian Boar hunt....
       as the King of Pherae
      Pherae

      Pherae was an ancient Greek town in southeastern Thessaly. In mythology, it was the home of King Admetus, whose wife, Alcestis, Heracles went into Hades to rescue....
      . He led Pherae and Iolcus in the Trojan War
      Trojan War

      In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
       on the side of the Greeks. He was the husband of Iphthime
      Iphthime

      Iphthime, daughter of Icarius, is a sister of Penelope and Perileos, and also the wife of Eumelus, from Pherae....
       and the son of Admetus
      Admetus

      In Greek mythology, Admetus /?d 'mi: t?s/ was a king of Pherae in Thessaly, succeeding his father Pheres after whom the city was named. Admetus was one of the Argonauts and took part in the Calydonian Boar hunt....
       and Alcestis
      Alcestis

      Alcestis is a princess in Greek mythology, known for her love of her Admetus. Her story was popularised in Euripides's tragedy Alcestis ....
      . He was one of the "suitors of Helen
      Helen

      In Greek mythology, Helen , better known as Helen of Sparta later Helen of Troy, was the daughter of Zeus and Leda , wife of King Menelaus of Sparta and sister of Castor and Pollux, Castor and Pollux and Clytemnestra....
      " and was fifth and last in the chariot races at Patroclus
      Patroclus

      In Greek mythology, as recorded in the Iliad by Homer, Patroclus, or Patroklos , son of Menoetius , was Achilles? beloved comrade and, according to some , his lover....
      's funeral. He was also one of the Greeks in the Trojan Horse
      Trojan Horse

      The "Trojan Horse" refers to the stratagem that allowed the Greeks to finally enter the city of Troy during the Trojan War. In the best-known version of this Bronze Age story, after a fruitless 10-year siege of Troy, the Greeks built a huge figure of a horse, in which a select force of men hid....
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    • Another Eumeleus was the father of Antheias.