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* '''Epopeus''', a man from [[Lemnos]], killed by the Lemnian women when these murdered all the men in the island. Epopeus<sub> </sub>was killed by his own mother.<ref>[[Statius]]. ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]], 5.225''</ref>
* '''Epopeus''', a man from [[Lemnos]], killed by the Lemnian women when these murdered all the men in the island. Epopeus<sub> </sub>was killed by his own mother.<ref>[[Statius]]. ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]], 5.225''</ref>


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In Greek mythology, Epopeus (/ɪˈppəs/; Greek: Ἐπωπεύς 'all-seer', derived from epopao "to look out", "observe", from epi "over" and ops "eye") was the name of the following figures:

  • Epopeus, was king of Sicyon.[1]
  • Epopeus, king of Lesbos.[2]
  • Epopeus, one of the sailors who tried to delude Dionysus, but were turned into dolphins.[3]
  • Epopeus, a man from Lemnos, killed by the Lemnian women when these murdered all the men in the island. Epopeus was killed by his own mother.[4]

References

  1. ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 1.7.4, 3.5.5; Hyginus. Fabulae, 157; Pausanias. Description of Greece, 2.1.1, 2.6.1-2
  2. ^ HyginusFabulae, 204 & 253
  3. ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 134; Ovid. Metamorphoses, Book 3.581-691
  4. ^ Statius. Thebaid, 5.225