Anapus

Mouth of the Anapo River, near Syracuse.

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

References

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

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