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Headword:
Apis
Adler number: alpha,3217
Translated headword: Apis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A god of Egyptians. And see above under "Apides."[1] [It is said] that Apis the Egyptian was the first to bring the art of medicine into Greece.[2]
Greek Original:Apis: theos Aiguptiôn. kai zêtei opisô en tôi Apides. hoti ho Apis ho Aiguptios tên iatrikên prôtos eis tên Hellada metakomisai legetai.
Notes:
Entry lacking, Adler reports, in some of the manuscripts.
[1]
alpha 3201.
[2] Again at
gamma 416.
Aeschylus refers to Apis' role as a healer (
Suppliant Women 260-265: web address 1).
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: chronology; definition; geography; medicine; mythology; religion; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 17 July 2000@14:54:18.
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