Jason and Apis (Pausanias 5.1.8)
Posted by lbowman on 06 Aug 2018 in Activity log
From D K-T: "I came across another section that I would appreciate a second set of eyes on. Pausanias 5.1.8 mentions "Apis, son of Jason, from Pallantium in Arcadia" but links Apis to APIS1, the god also known as Serapis, and Jason to JASO1, as in Jason and the Argonauts. I just want to check to see if both of these men are not supposed to be new characters instead.
Here is the link http://mythsdev.uvic.ca/exist/apps/myths/library.html?c=PAUS1-5&d=APIS1,JASO1&o=all"
There appears to be only one Jason in all of Greek myth, so the link to JASO1 is likely correct (that is, he's the one Pausanias is referring to, though frankly I think Pausanias got it wrong).
However, despite a great deal of confusion over Apis, whose name shows up several times in various stories, this one can't be the Apis who went to Egypt and was worshipped as the god Serapis, because this one died at the funeral games for Azan. So I would create a new Apis, APIS2, son of Jason, no mother named, and ignore the complications.