Eumelus /juːˈmiːləs/ (Ancient Greek: Εὔμηλος Eúmēlos means "rich in sheep") was the name of: Mythology * Eumelus, the younger twin brother of in Plato's myth of Atlantis, and the son of Poseidon and Cleito, daughter of the autochthon Evenor and Leucippe. His other brothers were: Ampheres and Evaemon, Mneseus and Autochthon, Elasippus and Mestor, and lastly, Azaes and Diaprepes. Eumelus, along with his nine siblings, became the heads of ten royal houses, each ruling a tenth portion of the island, according to a partition made by Poseidon himself, but all subject to the supreme dynasty of Atlas who was the eldest of the ten. * Eumelus, son of Merops and father of , and Agron. The family offended Hermes and were transformed into birds. * Eumelus, companion of Triptolemus. He had a son