Epimedes

Family: Idæan Dactyli · Role: brother · First appears: Book 5 · Chapter 7

When Zeus was born, Rhea entrusted his care to the Idæan Dactyli, among whom was Epimedes, alongside Hercules, Pæonæus, Iasius and Idas. In Book 5, Chapter 7, Hercules, the eldest, challenged his brothers to race for a crown of wild olive. In Chapter 14, altars were mentioned for Hercules’ brothers, including Epimedes, Idas, Pæonæus and Iasus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Rhea entrusted the infant Zeus to the five Idæan Dactyli for protection.(Book 5 · Chapter 7)
  • With: Rhea Zeus Hercules Pæonæus Iasius Idas
  • “when Zeus was born, Rhea entrusted the charge of the boy to the Idæan Dactyli, who were otherwise called the Curetes: who afterwards came to Elis from Ida in Crete, and their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas.”

Book 5 · Chapter 7

• siblings with Hercules “their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas. And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together”
• siblings with Pæonæus “their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas. And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together”
• siblings with Iasius “their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas. And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together”
• siblings with Idas “their names were Hercules, and Epimedes, and Pæonæus, and Iasius, and Idas. And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together”
• rivals with Hercules “And Hercules the eldest of them challenged his brothers in play to run a race together, and they would crown the victor with a branch of the wild olive”

Book 5 · Chapter 14

• siblings with Hercules “Next is an altar of Hercules under the title of Aider, and altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus.”
• siblings with Idas “altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus”
• siblings with Pæonæus “altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus”
• siblings with Iasus “altars to Hercules’ brothers, Epimedes and Idas and Pæonæus and Iasus”

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