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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]
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 ...
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]
The original inhabitants of Elis were called Caucones and Paroreatae. They are mentioned by Homer [8] for the first time in Greek history under the title of Epeians (Epeii), as setting out for the Trojan War, and they are described by him as living in a state of constant hostility with their neighbours the Pylians.
In Greek mythology, Panopeus (Ancient Greek: Πανοπεύς) was a son of Phocus by Asteria or Asterodia, and twin brother of Crisus.The two brothers were so inimical towards each other that they began fighting while still in their mother's womb, just like Proetus and Acrisius did.
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 .
Some older scholarship had speculated that Bibliotheca might have been composed in Baghdad at the time of Photius' embassy to the Abbasid court, since many of the mentioned works are rarely cited during the period before Photius, i.e. the so-called Byzantine "Dark Ages" (c. 630–800), [3] and since it was known that the Abbasids were interested in translating Greek science and philosophy. [4]
[7] Phocus and Priasus, two sons of Caeneus, were counted among the Argonauts. [8] Phocus the builder, son of Danaus, is mentioned by Hyginus among the Achaeans against Troy, but is otherwise unknown. [9] Epeius, builder of the Trojan Horse, was a grandson of Phocus the son of Aeacus. Phocus is also the name of the son of Phocion.