Epistrophus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Epistrophus (/ɪˈpɪstrəfəs/: 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]

^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 540–541. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
^ Apollodorus, 3.10.8
^ Homer, Iliad 2.516; Hyginus, Fabulae 97
^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 542. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
^ "Σχεδίος (Μυθολ.)". Μεγάλη Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια. Athens - Greece: "Pyrsos" Co. Ltd. 1933. p. 684.
^ Homer, Iliad 2.856
^ Homer, Iliad 2.692-693