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{{Short description|Set of mythological Greek characters}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Epopeus''' ({{IPAc-en|ᵻ|ˈ|p|oʊ|p|iː|ə|s}}; {{Langx|grc|Ἐπωπεύς|Epōpeús|all-seer}}, derived from {{lang|grc|ἐπωπάω}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|epōpáō}}, "to look out", "observe"), from {{lang|grc|ἐπί}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|epí}}, "over") and {{lang|grc|ὄψ}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|óps}}, "eye")) was the name of the following figures:
*[[Epopeus of Sicyon|Epopeus]], king of [[Sicyon]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 1.7.4 & 3.5.5</ref>
*[[Epopeus of Lesbos|Epopeus]], king of [[Lesbos]] and both father and rapist of [[Nyctimene (mythology)|Nyctimene]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#204 204] & [https://topostext.org/work/206#253 253]</ref>
* Epopeus, one of the sailors who tried to delude [[Dionysus]], but were turned into dolphins.<ref>Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#134 134]; [[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 3.581–691</ref>
* 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.<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' 5.225</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Statius|Publius Papinius Statius]]'', The Thebaid'' translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Publius Papinius Statius, ''The Thebaid. Vol I-II''. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]

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