Apis (Greek mythology)
Apis (Ἄπις) in Greek mythology can refer to:
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[edit] King of Argos
Apis was a king of Argos. He was a son of Phoroneus by the nymph Laodice, and brother of Niobe. During his reign he established a tyrannical government and called the Peloponnesus after his own name Apia: but he was killed in a conspiracy headed by Thelxion, king of Sparta, and Telchis.[1] Argus Panoptes, the descendant of his sister Niobe, avenged his murder by putting Thelxion and Telchis to death.[2] In another tradition, Apis is said to have given up his kingdom to his brother Argus and to have gone to to Egypt where he reigned for a number of years.[3][4] This statement shows that Egyptian myths were mixed up with the story of Apis, see Apis (Egyptian mythology).
[edit] King of Sicyon
A son of Telchis, and father of Thelxion. He was king at Sicyon, and is said to have been such a powerful prince, that previous to the arrival of Pelops, Peloponnesus was called after him Apia.[5]
[edit] Apis the Healer
According to Aeschylus,[6] Apis was a healer, a son of Apollo. He came from Naupactus and freed the Apian land from the plagues (throngs of snakes), which Earth, defiled by the pollution of bloody deeds of old, had caused to spring up. This Apian land stretches out from Paeonia as far as the region of Dodona. When relating this, Pelasgus, the son of Palaechthon, refers to the country over which he is holding sway, as Argos, and states that Apis "worked the cure by sorcery and spells to the content of the Argive land", this way suggesting the equalness of Apia and Argos.
[edit] Apis, son of Jason
This Apis participated in the funeral games of Azan and was accidentally killed by Aetolus, who ran him over with the chariot. For the murder, Aetolus was sent into exile by the chidren of Apis.[7] Apollodorus relates the same of Apis, son of Phoroneus, apparently confounding the two mythological namesakes.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 1. 1
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 2. 1. 2
- ^ Eusebius, Chronicle, n. 271
- ^ Augustine, De Civitate Dei, 18. 5
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 5. 6 - 7
- ^ The Suppliants 249-70
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 1. 7
- ^ Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 1. 7. 6
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1867). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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King of Argos | Succeeded by Argus |
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