Aepytus

A son of Hippothous, and king of Arcadia. He was a great-grandson of Aepytus. He was reigning at the time when Orestes, in consequence of an oracle, left Mycenae and settled in Arcadia.

There was at Mantineia a sanctuary, which down to the latest time no mortal was ever allowed to enter. Aepytus disregarding the sacred custom crossed the threshold, but was immediately struck with blindness, and died soon after. He was succeeded by his son Cypselus.1

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece viii, 5.3.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.