Epeus
Role: sculptor · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 23
Endymion put his sons to a running contest at Olympia for the kingdom, and Epeus won, after which his people were first called Epeans. His siblings were Pæon, Ætolus and Eurycyde; he married Anaxiroe, and their daughter was Hyrmina, with no male offspring.
Elsewhere, Panopeus is named as his father, and Epeus is credited with contriving the wooden horse, “a design to break down the walls.” He also made wooden statues of Aphrodite and Hermes. After his death, Pelops occupied Pisæa and Olympia, taking territory that bordered upon Pisæa from Epeus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Epeus won the contest and became king, causing his subjects to be called Epeans.(Book 5 · Chapter 1 · 📍 Olympia)
- With: Endymion
- “Endymion also made his sons contend in running at Olympia for the kingdom, and Epeus won, so the people over whom he ruled were first called Epeans.”
Book 1 · Chapter 23
- with Wooden Horse (interaction) “this construction of Epeus was a design to break down the walls”
Book 2 · Chapter 19
- with Hermes (Epeus made the statue of Hermes.) “Here also are wooden statues of Aphrodite and Hermes, the latter the work of Epeus”
Book 2 · Chapter 29
- parent: Panopeus “the son of Panopeus was Epeus, who according to Homer was the contriver of the wooden horse”
Book 5 · Chapter 1
- parent: Endymion “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
- siblings with Pæon “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
- siblings with Ætolus “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
- siblings with Eurycyde “Endymion married Asterodia, others say Chromia the daughter of Itonus the son of Amphictyon, others say Hyperippe the daughter of Arcas, and had three sons, Pæon and Epeus and Ætolus, and one daughter Eurycyde.”
- married with Anaxiroe “And Epeus married Anaxiroe, the daughter of Coronus, by whom he had a daughter Hyrmina, but no male offspring.”
- child: Hyrmina “And Epeus married Anaxiroe, the daughter of Coronus, by whom he had a daughter Hyrmina, but no male offspring.”
- with Pelops (Pelops seized part of Epeus's territory.) “And after his death Pelops occupied Pisæa and Olympia, slicing off from the territory of Epeus what bordered upon Pisæa.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.