Epopeus

In Greek mythology, Epopeus (/ɪˈpoʊpiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἐπωπεύς, romanized: Epōpeús, lit. 'all-seer', derived from ἐπωπάω (epōpáō, "to look out", "observe"), from ἐπί (epí, "over") and ὄψ (óps, "eye")) was the name of the following figures:

  • Epopeus, king of Sicyon.
  • Epopeus, king of Lesbos and both father and rapist of Nyctimene.
  • Epopeus, one of the sailors who tried to delude Dionysus, but were turned into dolphins.
  • Epopeus, a man from Lemnos, killed by the Lemnian women when they murdered all the men in the island. Epopeus was killed by his own mother.
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