Eetion – Euphrates
Eetion
King of the Placian Thebe, in Cilicia, and father of Andromache, the wife of Hector.
Elysium
The Elysian Fields, a place in the infernal regions where, according to the ancients, the souls of the virtuous existed after death.
Eos
The name of Aurora among the Greeks.
Epeus
Son of Panopeus, and builder of the Trojan horse.
Ephesus
A city of Ionia, famous for a temple of Diana, which was considered to be one of the seven wonders of the world.
Epictetus
A Stoic philosopher of Hieropolis, originally the slave of Epaphroditus, the freedman of Nero. He supported the doctrine of the immortality of the soul.
Erebus
A deity of the infernal regions, son of Chaos and Darkness. The poets often use the word to signify the infernal regions.
Erichthonius
Son of Dardanus, father of Tros, and king of Troy.
Eris
See Discordia.
Eumaeus
The faithful swineherd of Ulysses.
Euphorbus
A famous Trojan. He wounded Patroclus, whom Hector killed. He died by the hand of Menelaus.
Euphrates
A large river in Asia which flowed through the middle of the city of Babylon.