Copreus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Copreus (Ancient Greek: Κοπρεύς, Kopreús meaning "dung man") may refer to the following individuals:

Copreus, king of Haliartus and grandson of Orchomenus. He married Pisidice, daughter of Leucon and by her, became the father of Hippoclus^[1] and Argynnus. Copreus presented the immortal horse Arion to Heracles. The hero rode the steed in his contest with Cycnus, son of Ares.^[2]
Copreus, herald of King Eurystheus of Mycenae.^[3]

^ Gantz, p. 180.
^ Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index. Albemarle Street, London. p. 259.
^ Apollodorus, 2.5.1.