Epidaurus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Epidaurus (Ἐπίδαυρος) was the presumed eponym of the polis Epidaurus.
His parentage varies from one local version of the myth to another: the Argive version gives him as the son of Argus (himself son of Zeus) and Evadne;[1] people of Elis believed him to be a son of Pelops; finally, the Epidaurians themselves considered him to be a son of Apollo. These versions are recounted by Pausanias, who also adds that he knew of no natives of Epidaurus who would claim descent from the eponymous hero.[2]
References
- ^ So in Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 1. 2
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 26. 2; respecting the Argive version, he cites Hesiod's Megalai Ehoiai