Europs

Family: Sicyonian mythology · Role: son of Ægialeus · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 5

In Book 2, Chapter 5, Europs is named as the son of Ægialeus and the father of Telchis. In Chapter 34, he is described as the son of Phoroneus, and Hermion is identified as his son and the founder of the old city. Herophanes of Trœzen said Europs was illegitimate.

Relationship record

Book 2 · Chapter 5

• parent: Ægialeus (parent->child) “And they say that the son of Ægialeus was Europs, and the son of Europs Telchis, and the son of Telchis Apis.”
• child: Telchis (parent->child) “And they say that the son of Ægialeus was Europs, and the son of Europs Telchis, and the son of Telchis Apis.”

Book 2 · Chapter 34

• child: Hermion “the founder of the old city was one Hermion the son of Europs”
• parent: Phoroneus “this Europs, who was certainly the son of Phoroneus”
• with Herophanes (Herophanes is presented as the source of the claim that Europs was illegitimate.) “was said by Herophanes of Trœzen to be illegitimate”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.