Copreus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Copreus (Ancient Greek: Κοπρεύς, Kopreús means "dung man") may refer to the following individuals:

Copreus, king of Haliartus who presented the immortal horse Arion to Heracles. The hero rode the steed in his contest with Cycnus, son of Ares.[1]
Copreus, herald of King Eurystheus of Mycenae.[2]

Notes

Murray, John (1833). A Classical Manual, being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil with a Copious Index. Albemarle Street, London. p. 259.
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.5.1

Reference

Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.

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