In Greek mythology, Apis (; Ancient Greek: Ἄπις derived from apios "far-off" or "of the pear-tree"[1][2]) was the fourth king of Sicyon who reigned for 25 years.[3]
- ^ "Apis is the noun formed from apios, a Homeric adjective usually meaning ‘far off’ but, when applied to the Peloponnese (Aeschylus: Suppliants), ‘of the pear-tree’" as cited in Robert Graves' The Greek Myths
- ^ Robert Graves (1960). The Greek Myths. Harmondsworth, London, England: Penguin Books. pp. s.v. Endymion. ISBN 978-0143106715.
- ^ Eusebius, Chronographia 63