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Epidaurus (mythology)

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Greek mythologcal character

In Greek mythology, Epidaurus (Ancient Greek: 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]

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  1. ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.2.
  2. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.26.2; respecting the Argive version, he cites Hesiod's Megalai Ehoiai

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