Apis

A son of Telchin, and father of Thelxion. He was king at Sicyon, and is said to have been such a powerful prince, that previous to the arrival of Pelops, the Peloponnese was called after him Apia. Cp. Apis, son of Phoroneus.

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References

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 5.5.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.