Epopeus
{{Short description|Set of mythological Greek characters}}
In Greek mythology, Epopeus ({{IPAc-en|ᵻ|ˈ|p|oʊ|p|iː|ə|s}}; {{Langx|grc|Ἐπωπεύς|Epōpeús|all-seer}}, derived from {{lang|grc|ἐπωπάω}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|epōpáō}}, "to look out", "observe"), from {{lang|grc|ἐπί}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|epí}}, "over") and {{lang|grc|ὄψ}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|óps}}, "eye")) was the name of the following figures:
- Epopeus, king of Sicyon.Apollodorus, 1.7.4 & 3.5.5
- Epopeus, king of Lesbos and both father and rapist of Nyctimene.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#204 204] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#253 253]
- Epopeus, one of the sailors who tried to delude Dionysus, but were turned into dolphins.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#134 134]; Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.581–691
- 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.Statius, Thebaid 5.225
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References
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
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