PANOPEUS (son of Phocus in Greek mythology)

He served as an ally to Amphitryon during the raid on the Taphian islands.⁴ Panopeus was present at the gathering of heroes for the Calydonian Boar hunt.⁶ He fathered Aegle and the boxer Epeus, who later made the wooden horse.^7,8,9,2,3 His brother was Crisus.

Considered too apt a scholar of war by his mother, he was slain by courageous Spartan warriors.⁵ He died while looking toward the sky where his master star shone, causing that star to sink from view.⁵ The Amyclaean Nymphs of Trivia wept for his death.⁵