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In Greek and Roman mythology, Iapyx (from Greek Ἰάπυξ, ''gen''.: Ἰάπυγος), ''Iapux'' or ''Iapis'' was a favourite of Apollo. The god wanted to confer upon him the gift of prophecy, the lyre, etc.; but Iapyx, wishing to prolong the life of his father, preferred the more tranquil art of healing to all the others. Virgil's ''Aeneid'' (XII: 391-402) relates that Iapyx was Aeneas's healer during the Trojan War and then escaped to Italy after the war, founding Apulia. His descent is unclear. He was either: *a son of Iasus,〔 or *the son of Lycaon, which would make him the brother of Daunius and Peucetius (who went as leaders of a colony to Italy),〔Anton. Lib. 31.〕 or *a Cretan, from whom the Cretans who migrated to Italy derived the name of Iapyges, or *a son of Daedalus either: * *by his wife, thus making him a full-brother of Icarus;〔Harry Thurston Peck, ''Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities'' (1898), Servius ''ad Aeneidos'' iii. 332).〕 * *by another Cretan woman.〔Strabo vi.; Athen. xii.; Herod. vii. 170; Heyne, ad Virg. Aen. xi. 247.〕 Iapyx is also the name of a minor Greek wind god, the north-west or west-north-west wind. ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iapyx」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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