Amphinomos and Anapias
Amphinomos and Anapias ( ancient Greek Ἀμφίνομος and Ἀναπίας , also Anapis or Anapius, also pii fratres Catanenses ) were a symbol for the pietas towards the parents.
The pious pair of brothers from Katane are said to have carried their parents out of the flames during an eruption of Mount Etna and were miraculously saved in the process.
The story is told by numerous authors. Lykurgos of Athens still speaks of only one young man, while other writers such as Seneca , Pausanias and Claudian mention the brothers. Deviating names appear, for example, in Johannes Stobaios . The feat was also depicted on Katanic and Roman Republican coins, and statues of Amphinomus and Anapias were erected in a place named after the two young men Εὐσεβῶν χῶρος .
literature
- Georg Wissowa : Amphinomos 5) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1943 f.
- Georg Wissowa : Anapias . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2061.
- Carmen Arnold-Biucchi: Amphinomos et Anapias . In: Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Volume I, Zurich / Munich 1981, pp. 717-718.
