=Æpŭlo=, a general of the Istrians, who drank to excess, after he had stormed the camp of Acidinus Manlius the Roman general. Being attacked by a soldier, he fled to a neighbouring town, which the Romans took, and killed himself for fear of being taken. _Florus_, bk. 2, ch. 10. =Æpy=, a town of Elis, under the dominion of Nestor. _Statius_, bk. 4, _Thebiad_, li. 180. =Æpy̆tus=, king of Mycenæ, son of Chresphontes and Merope, was educated in Arcadia with Cypselus his mother’s father. To recover his kingdom, he killed Polyphontes, who had married his mother against her will, and usurped the crown. _Apollodorus_, bk. 2, ch. 6.――_Pausanias_, bk. 4, ch. 8.――――A king of Arcadia, son of Elatus.――――A son of Hippothous, who forcibly entered the temple of Neptune, near Mantinea, and was struck blind by the sudden eruption of salt water from the altar. He was killed by a serpent in hunting. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, chs. 4 & 5. =Æqui=, or =Æquicŏli=, a people of Latium, near Tibur. They were great enemies to Rome in its infant state, and were conquered with much difficulty. _Florus_, bk. 1, ch. 11.――_Livy_, bk. 1, ch. 32; bk. 2, ch. 30; bk. 3, ch. 2, &c.――_Pliny_, bk. 3, ch. 4.――_Virgil_, _Æneid_, bk. 7, li. 747; bk. 9, li. 684.――_Ovid_, _Fasti_, bk. 3, li. 93.―― _Dionysius of Halicarnassus_, bk. 2, ch. 19. =Æquimelium=, a place in Rome where the house of Melius stood, who aspired to sovereign power, for which crime his habitation was levelled to the ground. _Livy_, bk. 4, ch. 16. =Ærias=, an ancient king of Cyprus, who built the temple of Paphos. _Tacitus_, _Histories_, bk. 2, ch. 3. =Ærŏpe=, wife of Atreus, committed adultery with Thyestes her brother-in-law, and had by him twins, who were placed as food before Atreus. _Ovid_, _Tristia_, bk. 2, li. 391.――――A daughter of Cepheus, ravished by Mars. She died in child-bed: her child was preserved, and called Æropus. _Pausanias_, bk. 8, ch. 44. =Ærŏpus=, a general of Epirus in the reign of Pyrrhus.――――A person appointed regent to Orestes the infant son of Archelaus king of Macedonia.――――An officer of king Philip, banished for bringing a singer into his camp. _Polyænus_, bk. 4, ch. 2.――――A mountain of Chaonia. _Livy_, bk. 31, ch. 5. =Æsăcus=, a river of Troy, near Ida.――――A son of Priam by Alexirhoo: or according to others by Arisba. He became enamoured of Hesperia, whom he pursued into the woods. The nymph threw herself into the sea, and was changed into a bird. Æsacus followed her example, and was changed into a cormorant by Tethys. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 11, fable 11. =Æsāpus=, a river of Mysia in Asia, falling into the Hellespont. _Pliny_, bk. 5, ch. 32. =Æsar=, or =Æsāras=, a river of Magna Græcia, falling into the sea near Crotona. _Ovid_, _Metamorphoses_, bk. 15, li. 28.