EURYMEDON, one of the Athenian generals during the Peloponnesian War. In 428 B.C. he was sent by the Athenians to intercept the Peloponnesian fleet which was on the way to attack Corcyra, but was anticipated by Nicostratus with a squadron from Naupactus. In the following summer, in joint command of the land forces, he ravaged the district of Tanagra ; and in 425 he was appointed, with Sophocles, the son of Sostratides, to the com mand of an expedition destined for Sicily. Having touched at Corcyra on the way, in order to assist the democratic party against the oligarchical exiles, Eurymedon proceeded to Sicily. He agreed to terms of peace proposed by Hermocrates, but the Athenians repudiated the agreement and fined him. In 414 Eurymedon, who had been sent with Demosthenes to reinforce the Athenians at the siege of Syracuse, was defeated and slain before reaching land (Thucydides iii., iv., vii.; Diod. Sic. xiii. 8, I 1, i3).