Epinogris
Knight in Le Morte d'Arthur who was defended by Sir Palomides and required escort to his castle.
Sir Epinogris appears in Le Morte d'Arthur as a knight involved in the adventures of Sir Palomides. When Palomides and Sir Safere were assailed while defending Epinogris's lady, Epinogris "arose out of his bed, and heard them by the strokes, and so he armed him to help Sir Palomides if need were" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X, Chapter LXXXIII). Following the fight, Epinogris requested that Palomides and Safere ride with him to his castle "for the safeguard of his person" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X, Chapter LXXXIV).
The two citations present Epinogris in a dependent role — a knight who needs protection rather than providing it. He rouses himself from bed at the sound of combat and arms himself, but the narrative emphasis falls on Palomides as the active defender. Epinogris's subsequent request for escort to his own castle reinforces this characterization: he is a figure whose safety depends on others' martial prowess (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X, Chapters LXXXIII–LXXXIV). The pairing with Palomides and Safere places him within the Saracen knight's orbit of adventures in Book X.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Le Morte d'Arthur, British Tradition