Enipeus

A river god in Thessaly, who was beloved by Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus. Poseidon, who was in love with her, assumed the appearance of Enipeus, and thus visited her, and she became by him the mother of twins, Pelias and Neleus.1 Ovid2 relates that Poseidon, having assumed the form of Enipeus, begot by Iphimedeia two sons, Otus and Ephialtes.

Another river god of the same name occurs in Elis, who is likewise connected with the legend about Tyro.3

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References

Notes

  1. Pseudo-Apollodorus. The Library i, 9.8.
  2. Metamorphoses vi, 116.
  3. Strabo. Geography viii, p. 356.

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.