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Epeius

There were two characters named Epeius in Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
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One was a Greek soldier during the Trojan War

Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
. He was the son of Panopeus

Panopeus

Panopeus , or Phanoteus , was an ancient Greek town of Phocis, near the frontier of Boeotia, and on the road from Daulis to Chaeronea. Pausanias said that Panopeus was 20 stades from Chaeronea and 7 from Daulis; but the latter number is almost certainly a mistake....
and had the reputation for being a coward. In the Iliad
ILiad

The iLiad is an electronic handheld device, or e-book device, which can be used for document reading and editing. Like the Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad makes use of an electronic paper display....
he participated in the boxing match at the funeral games for Patrocles

Patrocles

Patrocles name may refer to:*Patroclus *Patrocles of Thurii tragic poet 5th c.BC*Patrocles teacher of rhetoric mentioned by Quintilian*Patrocles Macedonian general and writer under Seleucus and Antiochus...
against Euryalus

Euryalus

Euryalus refers to two different characters from classical literature:#In the Aeneid by Virgil, Nisus and Euryalus are ideal friends, who died during a raid on the Rutulians....
and won. Later during the funeral games for Achilleus he fought Acamas

Acamas

Acamas was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology. The following three all fought in the Trojan War, and only the first was not mentioned by Homer....
the son of Theseus

Theseus

For other uses, see Theseus Theseus was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra , and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night....
to a stalemate. He built the Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse

The "Trojan Horse" refers to the stratagem that allowed the Greeks to finally enter the city of Troy during the Trojan War. In the best-known version of this Bronze Age story, after a fruitless 10-year siege of Troy, the Greeks built a huge figure of a horse, in which a select force of men hid....
, commissioned by Odysseus

Odysseus

Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
because Athena

Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....
had told him in a dream she would be with him to help build it.

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There were two characters named Epeius in Greek mythology

Greek mythology

One was a Greek soldier during the Trojan War
Trojan War

In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta....
. He was the son of Panopeus
Panopeus

Panopeus , or Phanoteus , was an ancient Greek town of Phocis, near the frontier of Boeotia, and on the road from Daulis to Chaeronea. Pausanias said that Panopeus was 20 stades from Chaeronea and 7 from Daulis; but the latter number is almost certainly a mistake....
and had the reputation for being a coward. In the Iliad
ILiad

The iLiad is an electronic handheld device, or e-book device, which can be used for document reading and editing. Like the Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad makes use of an electronic paper display....
he participated in the boxing match at the funeral games for Patrocles
Patrocles

Patrocles name may refer to:*Patroclus *Patrocles of Thurii tragic poet 5th c.BC*Patrocles teacher of rhetoric mentioned by Quintilian*Patrocles Macedonian general and writer under Seleucus and Antiochus...
against Euryalus
Euryalus

Euryalus refers to two different characters from classical literature:#In the Aeneid by Virgil, Nisus and Euryalus are ideal friends, who died during a raid on the Rutulians....
and won. Later during the funeral games for Achilleus he fought Acamas
Acamas

Acamas was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology. The following three all fought in the Trojan War, and only the first was not mentioned by Homer....
the son of Theseus
Theseus

For other uses, see Theseus Theseus was a legendary king of Athens, son of Aethra , and fathered by Aegeus and Poseidon, with whom Aethra lay in one night....
to a stalemate. He built the Trojan Horse
Trojan Horse

The "Trojan Horse" refers to the stratagem that allowed the Greeks to finally enter the city of Troy during the Trojan War. In the best-known version of this Bronze Age story, after a fruitless 10-year siege of Troy, the Greeks built a huge figure of a horse, in which a select force of men hid....
, commissioned by Odysseus
Odysseus

Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
because Athena
Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....
had told him in a dream she would be with him to help build it. The horse was hollow and was large enough hold 30 Greek soldiers equipped with all their armor. Interestingly, Epeius made the Trojan horse so tall that it could not fit through any of the gates of Troy. The trap door of the horse was fastened with a special catch that only Epeius could undo. After constructing the massive horse, he chose the other 29 soldiers that would accompany him inside the horse. He also founded Pisa
Pisa (Greece)

Pisa was the name of an ancient town in the western Peloponnese, Greece. The area controlled by Pisa was called Pisatis, which included Olympia, Greece, the site of the Ancient Olympic Games....
and Metapontum
Metapontum

Metapontum or Metapontium , was an important city of Magna Graecia, situated on the gulf of Taranto, between the river Bradanus and the Casuentus ....
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Son of King Endymion
Endymion (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Endymion could have been a handsome Aeolians shepherd or hunter, or, even a king who ruled and was said to reside at Olympia in Elis, but he was also said to reside and was venerated on Latmus in Caria, on the west coast of Asia Minor....
of Elis
Elis

Elis, or Eleia is an ancient district, that corresponds with the modern Elis Prefecture. It is in southern Greece on the Peloponnesos peninsula, bounded on the north by Achaea, east by Arcadia, south by Messenia, and west by the Ionian Sea....
. He challenged his brothers to a race and beat them, winning his father's kingdom.

Alternative spelling of "Epeus" may also be encountered.