Epeius
There were two characters named Epeius (/ɪˈpaɪ.əs/; Ancient Greek: Ἐπειός) or Epeus in Greek mythology.
- Epeius, son of King Endymion of Elis. He ran a race at Olympia, against his brothers Aetolus and Paeon, winning his father's kingdom. He was married to Anaxiroe, daughter of Coronus, and had one daughter, Hyrmine. King Oenomaus of Pisa was his contemporary.[1]
- Epeius, a Greek soldier during the Trojan War.[2]
See also
- 2148 Epeios, Jovian asteroid
Notes
- Pausanias, 5.1.4–5.1.6.
- Epitome 5.14
References
- Pausanias, Description of Greece. W. H. S. Jones (translator). Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. (1918). Vol. 1. Books I–II: ISBN 0-674-99104-4.
- Virgil, Aeneid, Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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