Epopeus

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In Greek mythology, Epopeus (/ɪˈppəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἐπωπεύς, romanizedEpōpeús, lit.'all-seer', 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.[1]
  • Epopeus, king of Lesbos and both father and rapist of Nyctimene.[2]
  • Epopeus, one of the sailors who tried to delude Dionysus, but were turned into dolphins.[3]
  • Epopeus, a man from Lemnos, killed by the Lemnian women when these murdered all the men in the island. Epopeus was killed by his own mother.[4]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 1.7.4, 3.5.5
  2. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 204 & 253
  3. ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 134; Ovid. Metamorphoses, Book 3.581-691
  4. ^ Statius. Thebaid, 5.225

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