Epipanius, a bishop of Salamis, who was active in refuting the writings of Origen; but his compositions are more valuable for the fragments which they preserve than for their own intrinsic merit. The only edition is by Dionysius Petavius, 2 vols., Paris, 1622. The bishop died A.D. 403.
Epipŏlæ, a district of Syracuse, on the north side, surrounded by a wall by Dionysius, who, to complete the work expeditiously, employed 60,000 men upon it, so that in 30 days he finished a wall 4¾ miles long, and of great height and thickness.
Epīrus, a country situate between Macedonia, Achaia, and the Ionian sea. It was formerly governed by kings, of whom Neoptolemus son of Achilles was one of the first. It was afterwards joined to the empire of Macedonia, and at last became a part of the Roman dominions. It is now called Larta. Strabo, bk. 7.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 3.—Ptolemy, bk. 3, ch. 14.—Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 1.—Virgil, Georgics, bk. 3, li. 121.
Epistrŏphus, a son of Iphitus king of Phocis, who went to the Trojan war. Homer, Iliad.
Epitades, a man who first violated a law of Lycurgus, which forbade laws to be made. Plutarch, Agis.
Epitus. See: [Epytus].
Epium, a town of Peloponnesus on the borders of Arcadia.
Epŏna, a beautiful girl, the fruit, it is said, of a man’s union with a mare.
Epŏpeus, a son of Neptune and Canace, who came from Thessaly to Sicyon, and carried away Antiope, daughter of Nicteus king of Thebes. This rape was followed by a war, in which Nycteus and Epopeus were both killed. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 6.—Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 7, &c.——A son of Aloeus, grandson to Phœbus. He reigned at Corinth. Pausanias, bk. 2, chs. 1 & 3.——One of the Tyrrhene sailors, who attempted to abuse Bacchus. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 3, li. 619.
Eporedōrix, a powerful person among the Ædui, who commanded his countrymen in their war against the Sequani. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 7, ch. 67.