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. 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.

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).