Ἔπαφος
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ὁ, a son of Zeus and Io, A.Pr.851 (v. ἁφή); the Hellenic representative of the Egyptian god Apis, Hdt.2.153, 3.27,28.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἔπαφος: ὁ, υἱὸς τοῦ Διὸς καὶ τῆς Ἰοῦς, Αἰσχύλ. Πρ. 850· ἴδε ἐν λ. ἀφή· ὁ δὲ Ἆπις κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλήνων γλῶσσάν ἐστι Ἔπαφος Ἡρόδ. 2. 153., 3. 27, 28.
English (Slater)
Ἔπαφος son of Zeus and Io. “φαμὶ γὰρ τᾶσδ' ἐξ ἁλιπλάκτου ποτὲ γᾶς (Θήρας) Ἐπάφοιο κόραν ἀστέων ῥίζαν φυτεύσεσθαι” i. e. Libya, daughter of Epaphos (P. 4.14)
1 πολλὰ δ' Αἰγύπτῳ κατῴκισθεν ἄστη ταῖς Ἐπάφου παλάμαις (N. 10.5)
