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Epi'pole

Ἐπιπολή), a daughter of Trachion, of Carystus in Euboea. In the disguise of a man she went with the Greeks against Troy; but when Palamedes discovered her sex, she was stoned to death by the Greek army. (Ptolem. Hephaest. 5.) Epipole was also a surname of Demeter at Lacedaemon. (Hesych. s. v. Ἐπιπολλά.)

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