Brewer's: Appiades

(4 syl.).

Five divinities whose temple stood near the fountains of Appius, in Rome. Their names are Venus, Pallas, Concord, Peace, and Vesta. They were represented on horse-back, like Amazons.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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