Epŏpeus

, a son of Neptune and Canace, who came from The aly to Sicyon, and carried away Antiope, daughter of Nicteus king of Thebes. This rape was followed by a war, in which Nycteus and Epopeus were both killed. Pausanias , bk. 2 , ch. 6 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 7 , . ――A son of Aloeus, grandson to Phœbus. He reigned at Corinth. Pausanias , bk. 2 , chs. 1 & 3.――One of the Tyrrhene sailors, who attempted to abuse Bacchus. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 3 , li. 619 .