Editing Epaphus (section)

== Family ==
Epaphus was the son of [[Zeus]]<ref name=":0">[[Hesiod]], ''[[Catalogue of Women|Ehoiai]]'' 40a as cited in ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri]] 1358'' fr. 2</ref> and [[Io (mythology)|Io]]<ref>[[Euripides]], ''[[The Phoenician Women|Phoenissae]]'' 678; ''Oedipus'' 1.638–689; [[Aeschylus]], ''[[The Suppliants (Aeschylus)|Suppliant Women]]'' 48; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.1.3 2.1.3]; [[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 1.747–748; [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#155 155]; [[Nonnus]],  3.284–285</ref> and thus, [[Keroessa|Ceroessa]]'s brother.<ref>Nonnus, 32.70</ref> With his wife, [[Memphis (wife of Epaphus)|Memphis]]<ref>Apollodorus, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.1.4 2.1.4]</ref> (or according to others, Cassiopeia<ref>Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#149 149]</ref>), he had one daughter, [[Libya of Egypt|Libya]]<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.44.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Epphus 1.44.3]; Nonnus, 3.287; Hyginus, ''[[Fabulae]]'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#157 157]; [[Gaius Julius Solinus|Solinus]], ''Polyhistor'' [https://topostext.org/work/747#24.1 24.1]; [[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#649 649]; [[Scholia]] ad  [[Euripides]], ''[[The Phoenician Women|Phoenissae]]'' [https://archive.org/details/scholiaineuripi00schwgoog/page/n286/mode/1up?view=theater 5]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} while some accounts added another one who bore the name [[Lysianassa]].<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.5.11&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%20:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Epaphus 2.5.11]</ref> These daughters later became mothers of [[Poseidon|Poseidon's]] sons, [[Belus (Egyptian)|Belus]], [[Agenor]] and possibly, [[Lelex of Megara|Lelex]] with the former while [[Busiris (king of Egypt)|Busiris]] was born to the latter. Through these daughters, Epaphus was the ancestor of the "dark [[Ancient Libya|Libyans]], and high-souled [[Aethiopia]]ns, and the Underground-folk and feeble [[Pygmy peoples|Pygmies]]".<ref name=":0" />

In one account, Epaphus had a son, [[Dorus (mythology)|Dorus]], who fathered [[Pygmaeus]], ancestor of the Pygmies.<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''Pygmaioi (Πυγμαῖοι)''</ref>  Otherwise, this tribe of diminutive men was instead born from Epaphus and [[Gaia|Gaea]] (Earth).<ref>Hesiod, ''[[Catalogue of Women]]'' fr. 40A</ref>