Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek and Roman mythology Iapyx (from Greek Ἰάπυξ gen.: Ίάπυγος) 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.
