Epeius (son of Panopeus)
Epeios ( Greek Ἐπειός ) is the son of Panopeus in Greek mythology and the builder of the Trojan horse .
In Homer's Iliad he appears at the funeral games of Patroclus as the winner in a fist fight against Euryalus and winner of a mule, as well as the unsuccessful thrower of the iron ball of the Eetion , for which he is laughed at. In the choral lyricist Stesichoros he is one of the water carriers of the Atrids .
In the Odyssey , the goddess Pallas Athene appears to him in a dream and orders him to build the Trojan horse, whereby she herself promises her assistance to the faster completion of the work. With Athene's help and the support of the Atrids, he managed to complete his work within three days. According to Virgil , he was one of the Greeks who got on the horse.
According to later versions of the legend, Epeios is said to have moved to Italy after the Trojan War and founded Pisa and Metapont there.
literature
- Paul Weizsäcker : Epeios 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 1278-1280 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Epeios in the Greek Myth Index (English)