Epistrophus

Epistrophus is presented in the sources as a member of heroic-age genealogies rather than as a figure with a cultic origin story. One tradition names him son of Iphitus by Hippolyte (or Thrasybule) and brother of Schedius; Apollodorus in another account identifies Epistrophus as father of Schedius. He is enumerated among the leaders associated with the Trojan War generation and appears in lists of suitors of Helen in some compilations. These variant genealogical attributions reflect the divergent strands of epic and mythographic transmission.

The provided sources do not supply a physical description of Epistrophus. He is attested only by name in catalogue passages, genealogical notices, and summaries; one summary notes a representation of Epistrophus in the Lesche at Delphi, but no contemporary narrative passage included here describes his dress, stature, or visual attributes.

No supernatural powers are ascribed to Epistrophus in the cited materials. He is consistently portrayed as a mortal war-leader: counted among the leaders of the Phocians in Homeric catalogues (Iliad references) and listed among suitors of Helen in some enumerations. Narrative notices record his participation in the Trojan War and that he was slain in battle, and later mythographic summaries recount that his remains were carried to Anticyra in Phocis.