THE DESCRIPTION

Peloponnese, and the period during which they have possessed this land, from the time of a Roman emperor to the present day, is two hundred and seventeen years. The Dryopes and the Dorienses also arrived, the former from Parnassus and the latter from beyond the Peloponnese. We also know that the Eleans came into this region from Calydon and the rest of Ætolia. The details of their early history are as follows:

Æthlius, as they report, first reigned in this land. They say he was the son of Jupiter and Protogenia, the daughter of Deucalion; that Endymion was the offspring of Æthlius; and that he was beloved by the Moon and had fifty daughters by the goddess. But those who speak more probably assert that Endymion married Asterodia and had three sons by her—Pæon, Epeus, and Ætolus—and one daughter, Eurycyde. Some say his wife was the daughter of Itonus and the granddaughter of Amphictyon, while others say she was the daughter of Hyperippe and the granddaughter of Areas. Endymion proposed a contest in the Olympic race for his children to decide who should inherit his kingdom; Epeus was the victor and obtained it. Hence, those over whom he reigned were at first called Epei. Of his brothers, they report that one remained with Endymion, but Pæon, grieving that he had been vanquished, fled to a considerable distance, and the country above the river Axius was named Pæonia after him. Regarding the death of Endymion, the Heracleotæ who live near Miletus do not agree in their account with the Eleans. For the Eleans show the tomb of Endymion, but the Heracleotæ say that he migrated to the mountain Latmus; indeed, as proof of this, there is a shrine adytum—a sacred inner sanctuary—of Endymion on this mountain.

Epeus, from Anaxirhoe, the daughter of Coronus, whom