| Eumaeus | |
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| Eumaeus atala female. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Eumaeini |
| Genus: | Eumaeus Hübner, 1819 [1] |
Eumaeus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, commonly known as cycadians. It occurs Bolivia and Peru.
| Image | Species | Common Name | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | E. atala (Poey, 1832) | Atala | Bahamas, Cuba, Isla de Juventud | |
 | E. toxea (Godart, 1824) | Mexican cycadian [1] | Eastern and western Mexico to Nicaragua (southern Texas as very rare stray) | |
 | E. childrenae (G. Gray, 1832) | Great cycadian | Eastern and southern Mexico to Honduras | [= E. debora] |
 | E. godartii (Boisduval, 1870) | White-tipped cycadian | Nicaragua to western Ecuador | |
 | E. minyas (Hübner, [1809]) | Minyas cycadian | Colombia to Peru and central Brazil | |
| E. toxana (Boisduval, 1870) | Venezuela to Bolivia | |||
In Greek mythology, several characters were known as Cycnus or Cygnus. The literal meaning of the name is "swan", and accordingly most of them ended up being transformed into swans.
In Greek mythology, Eumaeus was Odysseus' slave, swineherd, and friend. His father, Ctesius, son of Ormenus, was king of an island called Syra, although it has also been suggested that Eumaeus may have referred to Syracuse, Sicily.
In Greek mythology, Polypoetes was a name attributed to the following individuals:
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A swineherd is a person who raises and herds pigs as livestock.
"Man's best friend" is a common title given to domestic dogs, referring to their multi-millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty, friendship, and companionship with humans. The first recorded use of a related phrase is by Frederick the Great of Prussia. It was likely popularized by its use in a poem by Ogden Nash and has since become a common colloquialism.
Atala may refer to:
Belidae is a family of weevils, called belids or primitive weevils because they have straight antennae, unlike the "true weevils" or Curculionidae which have geniculate (elbowed) antennae. They are sometimes known as "cycad weevils", but this properly refers to a few species from the genera Parallocorynus and Rhopalotria.
In Greek mythology, Pylaemenes may refer to two distinct characters:
Eumaeus atala, also known as the Atala butterfly or coontie hairstreak, is a small colorful butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in southeastern Florida in the United States, Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands in the West Indies. Its coloration and habits are unique among butterflies within its range.
Philoetius is a character in Greek mythology who plays a significant role in Homer's Odyssey, aiding Odysseus, Telemachus, and Eumaeus in their slaughter of the suitors of Penelope.
In Greek mythology, Ctimene was an Ithacan princess as the daughter of King Laertes and Anticlea.
In Homer's Odyssey, Mesaulius is the servant of Eumaeus, who purchases him during his own master's long absence from Ithaca during and in the aftermath of the Trojan War. Mesaulius was acquired from the Taphians with Eumaeus's own ostensibly meagre resources and served as a waiter during Odysseus's first supper back home, in Eumaeus's hut, with its owner and his fellow drovers.
In Greek mythology, the suitors of Penelope are one of the main subjects of Homer's Odyssey.
The Odyssey is an eight-episode European TV miniseries broadcast on RAI in 1968 and based on Homer's Odyssey. An Italian, Yugoslavian, German and French coproduction, it was directed by Franco Rossi, assisted by Piero Schivazappa and Mario Bava; the cast includes Bekim Fehmiu as Odysseus and Irene Papas as Penelope, Samson Burke as the Cyclops, as well as Barbara Bach as Nausicaa, and Gérard Herter. Several critics consider the series to be a masterful representation of the ancient world.
Melanthius, the son of Dolius, is a minor, yet important character in Homer's Odyssey: Odysseus's disloyal goatherd. In contrast, Odysseus's cowherd Philoetius and swineherd Eumaeus have both remained loyal to Odysseus during his twenty years of wanderings, as have Melanthius's father and six brothers.
In Greek mythology, the name Ctesippus may refer to:
Eumaeus, in Greek mythology, was Odysseus's swineherd and friend.
In Greek mythology, Ctesius may refer to three distinct characters:
