After this she was carried off by Epopeus, who was venerated as a hero in Sicyon he would not give her up till compelled by her uncle Lycus. On the way home she gave birth, in the neighbourhood of Eleutherae on Mount Cithaeron, to the twins Amphion and Zethus of whom Amphion was the son of the god, and Zethus the son of Epopeus. Both were left to be brought up by herdsmen.