Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), A, Aenēid, Aepytus

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Aepytus

（Αἴπυτος).

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A mythical king of Arcadia, from whom a part of the country was called Aepytis.

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The younger son of Cresphontes, king of Messenia, and of Meropé, daughter of the Arcadian king Cypselus. When his father and brothers were murdered during an insurrection, Aepytus, who was with his grandfather Cypselus, alone escaped. The throne of Cresphontes was meantime occupied by Polyphontes, who forced Meropé to become his wife. When Aepytus had grown to manhood he returned to his kingdom, and put Polyphontes to death. From him the kings of Messenia were called Aepytidae.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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