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Apesantius (Ancient Greek: Ἀπεσάντιος) was an epithet and toponymic surname of the god Zeus from Greek mythology, under which he had a temple on Mount Apesas (modern Mount Phoukas) near Nemea, where Perseus was said to have first offered sacrifices to him.

Notes

1. Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.15.3
2. Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s. v. Ἀπέσας

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Apesantius". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 224.

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