Epeigeus is a Greek hero in the Iliad. He was a Myrmidon and son of Agacles, who having killed his father, was obliged to flee from Budeion. He took refuge in the house of Peleus who sent him with Achilles to Troy, where he was killed by Hector.[1]
A Trojan asteroid, 5259 Epeigeus, has been named after him.
References
- This article incorporates text by Leonhard Schmitz from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
Footnotes
- ^ Hom. Il. xvi. 570. (cited by Schmitz)
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