Epaphus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἔπαφος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Ĕpăphus: i, m., =Ἔπαφος,
I the son of Jupiter Ammon and Io, and builder of Memphis in Egypt, Ov. M. 1, 748; Hyg. Fab. 140.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Ĕpăphus, ī, m. (Ἔπαφος), fils de Jupiter et d’Io qui bâtit Memphis : Ov. M. 1, 748.

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In Greek mythology, Epaphus (/ˈɛpəfəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἔπαφος), also called Apis or Munantius, was a king of Egypt.

Epaphus was the son of Zeus and Io and thus, Ceroessa's brother. With his wife, Memphis (or according to others, Cassiopeia), he had one daughter, Libya while some accounts added another one who bore the name Lysianassa. These daughters later became mothers of Poseidon's sons, Belus, Agenor and possibly, Lelex to the former and Busiris to the latter. In other versions of the myth, Epaphus was also called father of Thebe, mother of Aegyptus and Heracles by Zeus. Through these daughters, Epaphus was the ancestor of the "dark Libyans, and high-souled Aethiopians, and the Underground-folk and feeble Pygmies".

The name/word Epaphus means "Touch". This refers to the manner in which he was conceived, by the touch of Zeus' hand. He was born in Euboea, in the cave Boösaule or according to others, in Egypt, on the river Nile, after the long wanderings of his mother. He was then concealed by the Curetes, by the request of Hera, but Io sought and afterward found him in Syria where he was nursed by the wife of the king of Byblus.

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