Bunus received the throne of
Ephyra (an early name of
Corinth) from
Aeëtes, when the latter decided to migrate to
Colchis, biding him to keep it until he or his children came back.[3] He is said to have built a sanctuary to
Hera Bunaea on the road which led up to
Acrocorinthus.[4] After the death of Bounus,
Epopeus of
Sicyon, who had come from
Thessaly, extended his own kingdom to include Corinth.[5]