Panopeus (mythology)

Panopeus (Greek Πανοπεύς; Phanoteus also Φανοτεύς ) In Greek mythology, a son of Phocus and Asteria or Asterodia. Panopeus is the twin brother of Krisos and fought in the womb with him.

Panopeus, who was a great hunter and had also participated in the Calydonian boar hunt after Ovid, went with Amphitryon in the war against King Pterelaus and Taphians. He swore before an oath not to steal from the booty, this oath broke, however, and was punished by the gods: his son Epeios was a totally unwarlike man, who brought it anyway in boxing and the arts to some skill - he built the Trojan horse.

In his daughter Aigle Theseus fell in love and broke it for the Pledge of Allegiance, the hero Ariadne had given.

Panopeus, the largest among the weapons friends of Aegisthus was the eponymous hero of the eponymous town in Phocis, near the border with Boeotia.

The grave of the font Agathias on Panopeus let him die from a scorpion sting and brings him so close to the Orion and its destiny.