Eumelus/juːˈmiːləs/ (Ancient Greek:ΕὔμηλοςEúmēlos means "rich in sheep") was the name of:

• Eumelus (Gadeirus), the younger twin brother ofAtlas inPlato's myth ofAtlantis,^[1] and the son ofPoseidon andCleito, daughter of theautochthonEvenor andLeucippe.^[2] His other brothers were:Ampheres andEvaemon,Mneseus andAutochthon,Elasippus andMestor, and lastly,Azaes andDiaprepes.^[3] Eumelus, along with his nine siblings, became the heads of ten royal houses, each ruling a tenth portion of the island, according to a partition made by Poseidon himself, but all subject to the supreme dynasty of Atlas who was the eldest of the ten.^[4]
• Eumelus, son ofMerops and father ofByssa,Meropis andAgron. The family offendedHermes and were transformed into birds.^[5]
• Eumelus, companion ofTriptolemus. He had a sonAntheias who tried to ride the chariot of Triptolemus but fell off and died. Eumelus was the first to settle in the land ofPatrae inAchaea and founded Antheia in memory of his son.^[6]
• Eumelus, son ofEugnotus and father ofBotres. He killed his son for having eaten the brains of a sheep that had been sacrificed before it had been put on the altar.^[7]
• Eumelus, succeeded his fatherAdmetus as the King ofPherae, and his mother wasAlcestis, daughter of KingPelias ofIolcus. Eumelus marriedIphthime, daughter ofIcarius ofSparta, and possibly by her, became the father ofZeuxippus.^[8] Eumelus was one of the "suitors ofHelen" and thus, led Pherae andIolcus in theTrojan War on the side of the Greeks. Although one of the best Achaean charioteers, he was the fifth and last in the chariot races because of Athena's sabotage atPatroclus's funeral. Eumelus was also one of the Greeks in theTrojan Horse.
• Eumelus, also known asEumeles orEumedes, a herald and father ofDolon and five girls.^[9]
• Eumelus, a companion ofAeneas. This is the man who brought the news that the fleet of the hero inSicily was on fire^[10]
• Eumelus, one of theSuitors ofPenelope who came fromSame along with other 22 wooers.^[11] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead byOdysseus with the aid ofEumaeus,Philoetius, andTelemachus.^[12]

• Eumelus of Corinth, an epic poet of the second half of the 8th century BC

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• 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.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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• Pausanias,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN 0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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• Plato,Critias inPlato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 9 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1925.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available at the same website.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro (1910).Aeneid. Translated by Theodore C. Williams. Boston: Houghton Mifflin – via Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro (1900).Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. Translated by J. B. Greenough. Boston: Ginn & Co. – via Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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• Metamorphoses into birds in Greek mythology
• Atlanteans
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• Suitors of Penelope
• Atlantis
• Deeds of Artemis
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• Koan mythology
• Filicide in mythology

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