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Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Scripts Ἐριφύλη(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsErifili, Erifyli (modern Greek forms)
Meaning & History
Means "(of a) great nation" in Greek, from the intensive prefix ἐρι- (eri-) "very, much" combined with φυλή (phylê) "race, tribe". In Greek mythology this name was borne by the wife of Amphiaraos and daughter of Lysimache and Talaos, king of Argos.