Epeius, an
Elean prince as son of King
Endymion. He ran a race at
Olympia, against his brothers
Aetolus and
Paeon, winning his father's kingdom. 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]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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Epeius, an
Elean prince as son of King
Endymion. He ran a race at
Olympia, against his brothers
Aetolus and
Paeon, winning his father's kingdom. 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]
Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.