Editing Appias

{{Short description|Naiad and one of the Crinaeae}}
{{For|the genus of butterflies|Appias (butterfly)}}

In [[ancient Rome]], '''Appias''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|p|i|ə|s}} was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the [[Forum of Caesar]]. [[Ovid]] wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the [[Temple of Venus Genetrix]] and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiades" ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|p|aɪ|.|ə|d|iː|z}}; plural form of Appias).<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Remedia Amoris]]'', 659; ''[[Ars Amatoria]]'', 1. 81., 3. 451</ref><ref>Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1Go4AAAAMAAJ&dq=appiades%20goddesses&pg=PA300 The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome; a Companion Book for Students and Travelers],. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and, 1897. Page 300.</ref> Traditionally the Appiades are said to be of [[Concordia (mythology)|Concordia]], [[Minerva]], [[Pax (mythology)|Pax]], [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], and [[Vesta (mythology)|Vesta]].<ref>Reddall, Henry Frederic. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mgsoAAAAYAAJ&dq=appiades+goddesses&pg=PA39 Fact, Fancy, and Fable; a New Handbook for Ready Reference on Subjects Commonly Omitted from Cyclopaedias; Comprising Personal Sobriquets, Familiar Phrases, Popular Appellations, Geographical Nicknames, Literary Pseudonyms, Mythological Characters, Red-letter Days, Political Slang, Contractions and Abbreviations, Technical Terms, Foreign Words and Phrases, Americanisms, Etc.] Comp. by Henry Frederic Reddall. Chicago: A.C McClurg, 1892. Print.</ref>

In [[Roman mythology]], '''Appias''' was a [[naiad]] who lived in the Appian Well outside the temple to [[Venus (goddess)|Venus Genitrix]] in the [[Roman Forum]].<ref>{{cite DGRBM|title=Appias}}</ref>

In one of his letters,<ref>[[Cicero]], ''Ad familiares'', 3. 1</ref> [[Cicero]] refers to a statue of Minerva as "Appias". In this case, he derived this surname from the name of [[Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 54 BC)|Appius Claudius Pulcher]], whom he intended to flatter.

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==Sources==
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121012005305/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0257.html Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith, v. 1, page 248, under Appias]}}

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[[Category:Naiads]]


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