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1. A son of Endymion and the nymph Neis, or Iphianassa. (s. v.
Narrat. 14; Schol.
ad Pind. Ol. 1.28.) His father compelled him and his two brothers Paeon
and Epeius to decide by a contest at Olympia as to which of them was to succeed him in his
kingdom of Elis. Epeius gained the victory, and occupied the throne after his father, and on
his demise he was succeeded by Aetolus. During the funeral games which were celebrated in
honour of Azan, he ran with his chariot over Apis, the son of Jason or Salmoneus, and killed
him, whereupon he was expelled by the sons of Apis. (Apollod. l.c.;
ll. cc.) This story is only a mythical account of the colonisation of
Aetolia. (