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Epeius' other siblings were Eurycyda and possibly Naxos. [1] He was married to Anaxiroe, daughter of Coronus, and had one daughter, Hyrmine. King Oenomaus of Pisa was his contemporary. [2] From him, the Epei derived their name. [3] Epeius, a Greek soldier during the Trojan War and builder of the Trojan horse. [4]
Agamemnon, Talthybius and Epeius, relief from Samothrace, ca. 560 BC, Louvre. Epeius (/ ɪ ˈ p aɪ. ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἐπειός Epeiós) or Epeus was a mythological Greek soldier during the Trojan War or, in some accounts, one of the Achaean Leaders, at the head of a contingent of 30 ships from the islands of the Cyclades. [1]
EPIOUSION (ΕΠΙΟΥϹΙΟΝ) in the Gospel of Luke, as written in Papyrus 75 (c. 200 CE). Epiousion (ἐπιούσιον) is a Koine Greek adjective used in the Lord's Prayer verse "Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον " [a] ('Give us today our epiousion bread').
Pīsâtis (Πισᾶτις "[territory] of Pisa") Triphylia (Τριφυλία Triphūlía "Country of the Three Tribes"). Koilē Elis, the largest and most northern of the three, was watered by the river Peneus and its tributary, the Ladon. The district was famous during antiquity for its cattle and horses.
Alector, an Elean prince as the son of King Epeius, and brother of Hyrmine. Later on, he succeeded his father on the throne of Elis but in fear of the overlordship of King Pelops of Pisa, he summoned Phorbas from Olenus to his aid and gave his new ally a share of the kingdom. [7] By Phorbas’ daughter, Diogeneia, Alector became father of ...
Pisa (Ancient Greek: Πῖσα) is a village situated 2.15 kilometres (1.34 mi) to the east of Olympia, Greece, located on the northwest side of the Peloponnesus peninsula. Currently it is not politically independent but it is a community of the municipality of Ancient Olympia, in the regional unit of Elis .
Latin: "The die has been cast"; Greek: "Let the die be cast." Julius Caesar as reported by Plutarch, when he entered Italy with his army in 49 BC. Translated into Latin by Suetonius as alea iacta est. Ἄνθρωπος μέτρον. Ánthrōpos métron. "Man [is] the measure [of all things]" Motto of Protagoras (as quoted in Plato's Theaetetus ...
Phocus (/ ˈ f oʊ k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φῶκος means "seal" [1]) was the name of the eponymous hero of Phocis in Greek mythology. [2] Ancient sources relate of more than one figure of this name, and of these at least two are explicitly said to have had Phocis named after them.