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Epopeus

Set of mythological Greek characters


Summary

Set of mythological Greek characters

In Greek mythology, Epopeus (; , derived from ἐπωπάω (epōpáō, "to look out", "observe"), from ἐπί (epí, "over") and ὄψ (óps, "eye")) was the name of the following figures:

  • Epopeus, king of Sicyon.
  • Epopeus, king of Lesbos and both father and rapist of Nyctimene.
  • Epopeus, one of the sailors who tried to delude Dionysus, but were turned into dolphins.
  • Epopeus, a man from Lemnos, killed by the Lemnian women when they murdered all the men in the island. Epopeus was killed by his own mother.

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References

References

  1. [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus). Apollodorus]], 1.7.4 & 3.5.5
  2. [[Gaius Julius Hyginus. Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#204 204] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#253 253]
  3. Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#134 134]; [[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 3.581–691
  4. [[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem). Thebaid]]'' 5.225
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