- NYCTIMENE (DAUGHTER OF EPOPEUS)
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NYCTIMENE (DAUGHTER OF EPOPEUS)
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Epopeus — (Ἐποπεύς) was a mythical Greek king of Sicyon, with an archaic bird name that linked him to epops (έποψ), the hoopoe, the watcher . [ Now the long list of Sicyonian kings which we find in Pausanias touches on bird lore at more than one juncture … Wikipedia
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