Æpytus (son of Hippothous)

Also known as: Æpytus · Role: son of Hippothous · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 5

Æpytus (son of Hippothous) succeeded his father, Hippothous. During the reign of Cypselus, his son and successor, the Dorians returned to the Peloponnese in ships.

At Mantinea, Æpytus entered Poseidon’s temple, where men were not allowed to enter. He was struck blind and died not long afterward; the account later says he “having acted with impiety was struck blind” and soon after died.

Relationship record

Book 8 · Chapter 5

• parent: Hippothous “And Æpytus the son of Hippothous succeeded his father”
• child: Cypselus “And during the reign of Cypselus, his son and successor, the Dorians returned to the Peloponnese in ships”
• with Poseidon (interaction) “Æpytus the son of Hippothous presuming to go into the temple of Poseidon at Mantinea”

Book 8 · Chapter 10

• with Poseidon (Poseidon punished Æpytus for entering the temple impiously.) “and having acted with impiety was struck blind, (sea water bursting into his eyes from the outraged god), and soon after died”
• parent: Hippothous (Hippothous is Æpytus's father.) “And Æpytus the son of Hippothous neither leapt over this thread nor crept under it but broke through it and so entered the temple”

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