Apis (son of Phoroneus)
Apis ( Greek Ἄπις ), the son of Phoroneus and the nymph Teledike or Laodike , is king of Argos in Greek mythology . His sister is Niobe .
He took control of the Peloponnese from his father Phoroneus and gave this area the name Apia. Another source claims that the Peloponnese was so named after Apis of Sicyon , the son of Telchin and father of Thelxion .
As Apis turned the government into a tyranny, he fell victim to an attack by Thelxion and Telchin and died childless. After his death he is said to have been called Serapis . Apollodorus confuses him with Apis , son of Jason , when he says that he was killed by Aitolus. The murder of Apis was later avenged by Argos Panoptes . He was succeeded to the throne by Argos , the son of his sister Niobe.
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- Library of Apollodorus , 1, 57; 2, 1 - 4.
- Pausanias : Traveling in Greece , 5, 1, 8.
literature
- Dr. Vollmer's dictionary of the mythology of all peoples. Newly edited by Dr. W. Binder. With an introduction to mythological science by Dr. Johannes Minckwitz. Third edition. With 303 illustrations. Stuttgart: Hoffmann'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1874, p. 56. ( online version )
- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Apis 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 420 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Apis 6 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2809 f.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Phoroneus |
King of Argos 18th century BC BC (mythical chronology) |
Argos |