Eurynomos is a demon in Greek mythology, sometimes identified with Hades (or Orcus in Roman mythology) and sometimes said to be a servitor of Hecate. The creature is now mostly known by association with the black metal musician Euronymous, who took his stage name from this figure, claiming the name meant 'Prince of Death'. It is more likely that Euronymous took the name from a reference to Eurynomos in the Satanic Bible than from any direct mythological readings, as Eurynomos is either a minor figure whose associated literature is lost to time, or an invention by the painter Polygnotos. Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Hades (Greek: - HadÄ“s or - HáidÄ“s) (unseen) means both the ancient Greek abode of the dead and the god of that underworld. ... Orcus has several meanings: In mythology, Orcus is a god of the underworld, or a demon. ... Roman mythology can be considered as two parts. ... In later Greek mythology, Hecate (or Hekate; Greek Ἑκάτη HekátÄ“) was scarcely more than the goddess of witchcraft and sorcery. ... Øystein Aarseth (1968-1993) went by the stage name Euronymous, and was a guitarist for the infamous Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ... The Satanic Bible was written by Anton LaVey in 1969. ...

[In a painting of Hades by Polygnotos at Delphoi, Phokis] Eurynomos, said by the Delphian guides to be one of the daimones of Hades, who eats off all the flesh of the corpses, leaving only their bones. But Homer’s Odyssey, the poem called the Minyad, and the Returns, although they tell of Hades and its horrors, know of no daimon called Eurynomos. However, I will describe what he is like and his attitude in the painting. He is of a colour between blue and black, like that of meat flies; he is showing his teeth and is seated, and under him is spread a vulture’s skin. -Pausanias 10.28.7 Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... The Odyssey (Greek Ὀδυσσεία) is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first of which is the Iliad. ... Pausanias was Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century A.D., who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. ...

A character called Eurynomos does show up in The Odyssey, but he is a human, the third son of Aigyptios, and has no relation to the demon described by Pausanias.