Iapis

• the physician of Aeneas, Verg. A. 12, 391; Aus. Epigr. 19.

or, as Heinsius proposes to read, Iapyx, was a son of Iasus, and a favourite of Apollo, who wanted to confer upon him the gift of prophecy, the lyre, &c.; but lapis, wishing to prolong the life of his father, preferred the more tranquil art of healing to all the others. He also cured Aeneas of the wound he had received in the war against Latinus. (Verg. A. 12.391, with Heyne's Exeursus iv. on Aen. xii.) [L.S]

IA´PIS (Ἰαπίς), a small stream which formed the boundary between Megaris and the territory of Eleusis. [ATTICA 323a.]

The son of Iasus. He was loved by Apollo, who taught him the healing art and prophecy. Iapis cured Aeneas of a wound received by him in his war with Latinus (Verg. Aen. xii. 391).