Epaphus
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek The son of the god Zeus and Io.
Epaphus was born in Egypt. Hera, wife of Zeus, was
jealous of Io and tormented her endlessly until Io, in
the shape of a young white cow, eventually escaped
to Egypt, where Zeus restored her to her human
shape. There, Io bore her son. Hera, still jealous,
ordered the Curetes to kidnap Epaphus. This they
did, but Zeus destroyed the Curetes and rescued the
child. Epaphus later became king of Egypt, where he
built the great city of Memphis, capital of the Old
Kingdom of ancient Egypt.