Pausanias' Description of Greece

Æpytus (son of Elatus)

Also known as: Æpytus · Family: Arcadians · Role: son of Elatus and king · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 4

Book 8 · Chapter 4

  • parent: Elatus “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
  • siblings with Pereus “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
  • siblings with Cyllen “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
  • siblings with Ischys “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
  • siblings with Stymphelus “Elatus had five sons, Æpytus and Pereus and Cyllen and Ischys and Stymphelus.”
  • with Clitor (interaction) “And Clitor the son of Azan had no children, so the kingdom of Arcadia devolved upon Æpytus the son of Elatus.”
  • with Aleus (interaction) “And Æpytus was succeeded in the kingdom by Aleus”

Book 8 · Chapter 16

  • parent: Elatus (Elatus is the father of Æpytus.) “Æpytus the son of Elatus died of the bite of a serpent”
  • with Homer (Homer mentions Æpytus's tomb.) “I was curious to see the tomb of Æpytus, because Homer mentions it in his lines about the Arcadians.”

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