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Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology
Scripts Εὐρύκλεια(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsEuryclea + Eurycleia + Euryclia (latinized forms), Eurukleia (variant transcription), Evryklia (modern Greek transcription)
Meaning & History
Feminine form of Eurykles. In Greek mythology, Eurykleia was the wet nurse of Odysseus' son Telemachus. She was the first to recognize Odysseus when he returned to Ithaca after the Trojan War.