In Greek mythology, Anapus () was god of the river Anapus in eastern Sicily.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, vol. I, p. 130 ("Anapus"). He was worshiped by the Syracusans, who depicted him as a young man.Aelian, Varia Historia, ii. 33. 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.Ovid, Metamorphoses, v. 418 ff.
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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).