Aepytus (Ancient Greek: Αἴπυτος, romanized: Aípytos) can refer to several people in Greek mythology:[1]
- Aepytus, king of Arcadia and son of Elatus.[2]
- Aepytus, also a king of Arcadia and son of Hippothous.[3]
- Aepytus, son of the Heraclid Cresphontes.[4]
The name is not to be confused with Iapetus (Ancient Greek: Ἰαπετός, romanized: Iapetós).
Notes
edit- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Aepytus (1), (2) and (3)", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, pp. 35–36, archived from the original on 2013-10-09, retrieved 2007-10-25
- ^ Pindar, Olympian Odes 6.54
- ^ Pausanias, 8.5.3
- ^ Apollodorus, 2.8.5
References
edit- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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