Aepytus (son of Elatus)

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In Greek mythology, Aepytus (Ancient Greek: Αἴπυτος, romanized: Aípytos) was one of the mythical kings of Arcadia who originally ruled over Phaesana on the Alpheius.

Family

Aepytus was the son of King Elatus.^[1] He was the father of Tlesenor and Peirithous.^[2]

Mythology

When Cleitor, the son of Azan, died without leaving any issue, Aepytus succeeded him and became king of the Arcadians, a part of whose country was called after him Aepytis.^[3] He is said to have been killed during the chase on Mount Sepia by the bite of a venomous snake.^[4] His tomb there was still shown in the time of Pausanias, and he was anxious to see it, because it was mentioned by Homer.^[5]

Notes

1. Pindar, Olympian Odes 6.54
2. Apollonius Sophista on Homeric Lexicon, Iliad 2.604
3. Pausanias, 8.4.4, 8.34.3.
4. Pausanias, 8.4.4, 8.16.2.
5. Homer, Iliad 2.604

References

• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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.