Anapus

For the river in Acarnania, Greece, see Anapus (Acarnania). For the river in Sicily, see Anapo.

In Greek mythology, Anapus (Ancient Greek: Αναπος) was god of the river Anapus in eastern Sicily.[1] He was worshiped by the Syracusans, who depicted him as a young man.[1][2] Anapus was husband to the naiad Cyane,[1] who attempted to dissuade Hades from abducting Persephone, describing how she consented to Anapus' wooing out of love, rather than force.[3]

References

1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, vol. I, p. 130 ("Anapus").
2. Aelian, Varia Historia, ii. 33.
3. Ovid, Metamorphoses, v. 418 ff.

Bibliography

• Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), Metamorphoses.
• Claudius Aelianus (Aelian), Varia Historia (Historical Miscellany).
• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1854).