Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica
SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE TO PREMIUM
  • Home
  • Biographies
  • Animals & Nature
  • History & Society
  • Science & Tech
  • Geography & Travel
  • Arts & Culture
  • ProCon
  • Money
  • Games & Quizzes
  • Videos
  • Today in History
  • Dictionary
  • New Articles
Biographies
  • Browse Biographies
Animals & Nature
  • Birds, Reptiles & Other Vertebrates
  • Environment
  • Fossils & Geologic Time
  • Insects & Other Invertebrates
  • Mammals
  • Plants
History & Society
  • History
  • Philosophy & Religion
  • Politics, Law & Government
  • Society & Social Issues
Science & Tech
  • Health & Medicine
  • Science
  • Technology
Geography & Travel
  • Geography & Travel
Arts & Culture
  • Entertainment & Pop Culture
  • Literature
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Visual Arts
  • Image Galleries
  • Podcasts
  • Summaries
  • Top Questions
  • Lists and Stories
  • Britannica Kids
Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Epeius
References
Britannica AI Icon

Epeius

Greek mythology
Written by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Learn about this topic in these articles:

  • Painting of the Trojan Horse in ancient Troy, showing a large wooden horse surrounded by soldiers and city walls under a night sky.
    Trojan horse
    / The plan and construction

    The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist, and the soldiers hidden within included Odysseus, Menelaus (husband of Helen, whose elopement with Paris caused the war), Diomedes, Ajax the Lesser, and Neoptolemus. The Greeks, pretending to desert the war, sailed to the nearby island of Tenedos, leaving…

    Read More

    The horse was built by Epeius, a master carpenter and pugilist, and the soldiers hidden within included Odysseus, Menelaus (husband of Helen, whose elopement with Paris caused the war), Diomedes, Ajax the Lesser, and Neoptolemus. The Greeks, pretending to desert the war, sailed to the nearby island of Tenedos, leaving…

    Read More