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Epeus

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Canonical name
Epeus
Disambiguator
None
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Character
Scope
Individual
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Aliases

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Location presence

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Claims

2
·Reported

Ulysses says Epeus built the wooden horse with Minerva’s assistance.

See evidence text
“Now, however, change your song and tell us of the wooden horse which Epeus made with the assistance of Minerva, and which Ulysses got by stratagem into the fort of Troy after freighting it with the men who afterwards sacked the city.”
·Remembered

Epeus makes the wooden horse used for the Argive ambush.

See evidence text
“the horse that Epeus had made”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

2
·Remembered
“the wooden horse which Epeus made”
·Reported
“the horse that Epeus had made”

Passage preview

Book 8 · Passage 45

The servant carried the pork in his fingers over to Demodocus, who took it and was very much pleased. They then laid their hands on the good things that were before them, and as soon as they had had to eat and drink, Ulysses said to Demodocus, ‘Demodocus, there is no one in the world whom I admire more than I do you. You must have studied under the Muse, Jove’s daughter, and under Apollo, so accurately do you sing the return of the Achaeans with all their sufferings and adventures. If you were not there yourself, you must have heard it all from some one who was. Now, however, change your song and tell us of the wooden horse which Epeus made with the assistance of Minerva, and which Ulysses got by stratagem into the fort of Troy after freighting it with the men who afterwards sacked the city. If you will sing this tale aright I will tell all the world how magnificently heaven has endowed you.’