Appias

{{Short description|Naiad and one of the Crinaeae}}

{{For|the genus of butterflies|Appias (butterfly)}}

In ancient Rome, Appias {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|p|i|ə|s}} was a statue of a nymph near the Appiades Fountain in the Forum of Caesar. Ovid wrote that the fountain was in the middle of the Temple of Venus Genetrix and surrounded by statues of nymphs who were called "The Appiades" ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|p|aɪ|.|ə|d|iː|z}}; plural form of Appias).Ovid, Remedia Amoris, 659; Ars Amatoria, 1. 81., 3. 451Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1Go4AAAAMAAJ&dq=appiades%20goddesses&pg=PA300 The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome; a Companion Book for Students and Travelers],. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and, 1897. Page 300. Traditionally the Appiades are said to be of Concordia, Minerva, Pax, Venus, and Vesta.Reddall, Henry Frederic. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mgsoAAAAYAAJ&dq=appiades+goddesses&pg=PA39 Fact, Fancy, and Fable; a New Handbook for Ready Reference on Subjects Commonly Omitted from Cyclopaedias; Comprising Personal Sobriquets, Familiar Phrases, Popular Appellations, Geographical Nicknames, Literary Pseudonyms, Mythological Characters, Red-letter Days, Political Slang, Contractions and Abbreviations, Technical Terms, Foreign Words and Phrases, Americanisms, Etc.] Comp. by Henry Frederic Reddall. Chicago: A.C McClurg, 1892. Print.

In Roman mythology, Appias was a naiad who lived in the Appian Well outside the temple to Venus Genitrix in the Roman Forum.{{cite DGRBM|title=Appias}}

In one of his letters,Cicero, Ad familiares, 3. 1 Cicero refers to a statue of Minerva as "Appias". In this case, he derived this surname from the name of Appius Claudius Pulcher, whom he intended to flatter.