Epistrophus (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Epistrophus (: Ancient Greek: Ἐπίστροφος) may refer to:

• Epistrophus, son of Iphitus by Hippolyte or Thrasybule^[1] and brother of Schedius. He was counted among the suitors of Helen.^[2] Together with his brother he led the Phocians on the side of the Achaeans in the Trojan War, commanding forty ships.^{[3] [4]} Epistrophus was killed at the Trojan war by Hector. Both brothers' bones were carried back and buried at Anticyra.^[5] Their purported tomb existed until the Roman times.
• Epistrophus, an ally of the Trojans, leader of the Halizones.^[6]
• Epistrophus, son of Euenus, grandson of Selepius and brother of Mynes; both brothers were killed by Achilles during the latter's invasion in Lyrnessus.^[7]

References

• 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.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

Notes and References

1. Book: [[Tzetzes]], John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 41, Prologue 540–541. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
2. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
3. [Homer]
4. Book: [[Tzetzes]], John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 41, Prologue 542. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
5. Book: Μεγάλη Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια . Σχεδίος (Μυθολ.) . "Pyrsos" Co. Ltd. . 1933 . Athens - Greece . 684 .
6. Homer, Iliad 2.856
7. Homer, Iliad 2.692-693