Epochus

In Greek mythology, the name Epochus (Ancient Greek: Ἔποχος) may refer to:

• Epochus, an Arcadian prince as son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia and Cleophyle or Eurynome^[1] or Antinoe,^[2] and thus the brother of Ancaeus, Amphidamas and Iasus. Epochus participated in the Calydonian boar hunt together with his brother Ancaeus: Pausanias describes a painting in the Tegean temple of Athena Alea, which portrays, among others, Epochus supporting Ancaeus who had been wounded by the boar.^[3] Later on, Epochus fell ill and died, and was outlived by their father Lycurgus who reached an extreme old age.^[4]
• Epochus, one of the two brothers of Oenoe (the eponym of a deme in Attica) that were portrayed on the altar of Nemesis in Rhamnous.^[5]

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 3.9.2
2. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.164
3. Pausanias, 8.45.7
4. Pausanias, 8.4.10 & 8.5.1
5. Pausanias, 1.33.8.

References

• 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.
• 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.